PBS
Newton's Apple: Cancer Causes
In this lesson plan site from Newton's Apple, a production of KTCA Twin Cities Public Television in cooperation with the National Science Teachers Association, the causes of cancer are discussed. Several cancer causing agents are also...
Other
Geiger Counter: Radiation Monitoring
This article, by a engineer and physicist, features graphs made with a Geiger counter in order to measure the Radon levels in his house.
Other
How Radon Gets Into Homes
Information from a commercial source on how radon gets into homes. It also includes information on how to minimzie the levels of radon in a home.
Other
Environmental Yellow Pages: Radon
This site is about radon gas and other radioactive substances. This page links to several others about various radon topics.
Read Works
Read Works: Radiation: What You Need to Know
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the benefits and risks of radiation. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Noble Gas Configuration
Provides the configuration for each of the six noble gases and explains how to write noble gas configurations. Also explains what pseudo-noble gas configuration is.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Dirty Bomb: Sources of Radiation
In this interactive, learn about sources of both beneficial and harmful radiation which exist in many forms all around us.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Typical Radiation Doses
This entry explains radon doses.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Average Annual Radiation Exposure
Chart highlights the different sources of radiation exposure.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Radon
Nice concise chemical fact sheet with all the basics on radon. Very thorough.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: Radon
Short entry with descriptive info on radon and its significance.
EL Education
El Education: Radon Study
Students work together with local scientists and undergraduates students at a local college to learn about radon and test radon levels in their area. Students collected information through interviews and prepared individual reports for...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Facts About Noble Gases
Learn how noble gases were discovered, what their properties are, and their uses. Includes a chart listing the six noble gases and some details about them.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Properties of Noble Gases
Read about the properties of the six noble gases - helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Radon
Download a copy of the National Radon Results - 1985-1999 and see the "ASTM International "Standard Practice for Radon Mitigation Systems in Existing Low-Rise Residential Buildings."
Curated OER
[Bohr Model of Radon]
Excellent summary of physical and chemical properties of radon, along with electron arrangement information and isotope data.