Nuclear+Science

=Nuclear Science=

QUIA QUIZZING FOR CONCEPT MASTERY suggest concepts here

OPL AS ANCHOR ACTIVITY suggest an OPL here

PROBLEM SETS OF 4 (2 WITH ANSWERS AND 2 WITHOUT) post samples here

READINGS FOR DISCUSSION post possible articles here

LABS/ENGINEERING CHALLENGES suggest labs here

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
 * [] Link to PECO's page about Limerick Nuclear Power Plant. Generating power is listed, along with emergency plans.
 * 1 ton of TNT is equivalent to 4.18 E 9 Joules
 * [|falloutsheltersign2.jpg] Fallout shelter sign
 * [|isotopes-uses-halflives.doc] Word document listing common isotopes, their half-lives, and their industrial/medical uses.
 * [|chernobyl2.gif] Chernobyl - before the accident.
 * [|Pripyat-deserted.jpg] The deserted town of Pripyat (near Chernobyl).
 * [|Roentgen.gif] / [|Roentgens_hand.jpg] Wilhelm Roentgen and an early x-ray of his hand showing wedding ring.
 * [|U238_decay_series.gif] The decay series from Uranium-238.
 * [|shippingportPA1957.jpg] First US nuclear power plant in Shippingport, PA (1957).
 * [|Curie_-_ambulance_x-ray.gif] Early portable X-ray machine in World War I ambulance. Marie Curie lobbied to make these a reality.