Lesson: Strangeness Physics

In this lesson, we will learn how to determine the strangeness of composite particles and sets of particles and whether given interactions conserve strangeness.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

recall what the strangeness of each of the quarks and leptons is,
recall that the strangeness of a composite particle is the sum of the strangeness of each of its constituent particles,
determine the total strangeness of a set of particles before and after an interaction based on a nuclear equation for that interaction,
recall that strangeness is conserved in strong and electromagnetic interactions, but not the weak interaction.