{"id":924,"date":"2019-04-24T10:54:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T21:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblog.bergersen.net\/michelle\/?p=924"},"modified":"2019-04-25T02:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-04-24T13:00:17","slug":"father-of-quantum-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblog.bergersen.net\/michelle\/2019\/04\/father-of-quantum-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Father of Quantum Physics &#8211; Max Planck"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Max Planck &#8211; Father of Quantum Physics<\/h1>\n<h2>Quick Facts<\/h2>\n<p>1958 was the 100th birthday of Max Planck. His birthday was 24 April 1858.<\/p>\n<p>Max was one of the father&#8217;s of Quantum physics. Beyond the fact that I am amazed that quantum physics has it&#8217;s origins so long ago. There is also the fact that in 1958, on the 100th anniversary of his birth East and West Berlin cooperated on a celebration of him and his works.<\/p>\n<p>Why is it amazing they cooperated? For that you need to look into the history of Germany after the first world war and probably up to 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Max won a nobel prize for his discovery of the quantum of action, Planck&#8217;s Constant, in 1918.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-mmv-final-image jpg mw-mmv-dialog-is-open alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/da\/Max_Planck..jpg\/800px-Max_Planck..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"939\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Resources on Max Planck<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Nobel https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/physics\/1918\/planck\/biographical\/<\/li>\n<li>Brittanica: https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Max-Planck<\/li>\n<li>Wikiquote https:\/\/en.wikiquote.org\/wiki\/Max_Planck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What information is missing from these articles?<\/p>\n<p>What other resources can you find?<\/p>\n<h2>Questions to consider in your study of Max Planck<\/h2>\n<h3>Pick 5 or more questions and make up a poster, book or slide show on Max Planck.<\/h3>\n<p>Who was Max Planck?<\/p>\n<p>What was his family like?<\/p>\n<p>What were Max&#8217;s personal qualities?<\/p>\n<p>What notable events happened to him during his life?<\/p>\n<p>What did he study?<\/p>\n<p>What were his hobbies?<\/p>\n<p>Who else did he know that you have heard of?<\/p>\n<p>Why is he famous?<\/p>\n<p>What did you learn about quantum physics in learning about Max Planck?<\/p>\n<p>What laws are names after Max Planck?<br \/>\n&#8211; Do you understand them?<br \/>\n&#8211; Where could somebody go to learn more about them?<\/p>\n<p>What areas of science did Max work in besides Physics?<\/p>\n<p>Is there anything else about the science Max studied and discovered that you want to learn more about?<\/p>\n<p>What can you infer from the information you now have but is not stated in any of the resources?<\/p>\n<p>If you were to explain Max to a 5 year old how would you do so?<\/p>\n<p>Can you make an artwork \/ poster that showcases part of who Max was or his discoveries?<\/p>\n<p>What music do you think Max played?<\/p>\n<p>How do you think the following effected Max&#8217;s life?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>music<\/li>\n<li>the outdoors<\/li>\n<li>family<\/li>\n<li>friends<\/li>\n<li>war<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Is there anything Max did that you would like to do this next week?<\/p>\n<p>If you met Max and he was the same age you are, do you think you would be friends? Why?<\/p>\n<p>In 1958 East and West Berlin cooperated in staging a celebration of Max Planck&#8217;s life and works. Why is this significant?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Why was there an East and West Berlin? Check out Germany&#8217;s history after World War II.<\/li>\n<li>How did East and West Berlin treat each other in 1958?<\/li>\n<li>What did they do to celebrate his life and discoveries?<\/li>\n<li>Why was it Berlin that headed the celebrations?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Planck &#8211; Father of Quantum Physics Quick Facts 1958 was the 100th birthday of Max Planck. His birthday was 24 April 1858. Max was one of the father&#8217;s of Quantum physics. Beyond the fact that I am amazed that quantum physics has it&#8217;s origins so long ago. There is also the fact that in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/weblog.bergersen.net\/michelle\/2019\/04\/father-of-quantum-physics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Father of Quantum Physics &#8211; Max Planck&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[147,113,63],"tags":[151,155,154,148,152,156,149,153,150],"class_list":["post-924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-education","category-musings","category-science","tag-max-planck","tag-nobel-prize-winners","tag-people-in-science","tag-physics","tag-plancks-constant","tag-project-questions","tag-projects","tag-school-projects","tag-science","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7q5gi-eU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":787,"url":"https:\/\/weblog.bergersen.net\/michelle\/2017\/06\/health-beliefs\/","url_meta":{"origin":924,"position":0},"title":"Health Beliefs","author":"Michelle","date":"2 June 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I've titled this \"health beliefs\" when you may have expects \"health facts\", or to be more click baitable, \"Amazing Health Facts you Never Guessed are True!!!!!\" Why health beliefs? 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