Nuclear Beavers
Nuclear physics is a very abstract field with little accessibility for wider audiences, and yet it is a field of physics with far reaching implications for everyday life. The Nuclear Beavers demonstration is a hands-on experience that offers an intuitive lens into nuclear structure and decay. We aim to provide a more accessible entry point for students and educators by substituting complex nuclear structures and interactions with tactile building blocks following well-defined rules, thereby opening nuclear physics concepts to the general public.
Authors
- Kyle Godbey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0622-3646)
- S. E. Agbemava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2432-2402)
- Pablo Giuliani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8145-0745)
- Joshua Wylie
Institutions
- Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Physics Teacher
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0253360
- Primary Topic
- Nuclear physics research studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Office of Science
- Nuclear Physics