Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Advanced Placement Chemistry: Nuclear Chemistry
This online textbook chapter provides learners with advanced-level material on acids and bases.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Fermium: Periodic Table of Videos
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. Fermium is named after a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and nuclear power. [1:48]
American Association of Physics Teachers
Com Padre Digital Library: Physics to Go: Explore Physics on Your Own
Contains a full physics curriculum with links to games, webcasts, and activities. By creating a free account, students and teachers can create their own personal collection of resources.
Other
Finding Dulcinea: Marie Curie
Article on Marie Curie, who won two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry for her discoveries in radioactivity and radioactive elements.
National Health Museum
Radioactivity: Historical Figures
A summary of the contributions of Wilhelm Roentgen, Antione Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, and Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Teaching Radioactive Decay
This is a lesson plan involving the simulation of the radioactive decay of an imaginary substance.
Other
Cal State: Half Life a Useful Concept
A visual description of the concept of half life. Complete with an interactive graph.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1890 1899
Scientists discover and probe x-rays and radioactivity, while inventors compete to build the first radio.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Geologic Time and Correlation
In this amazing interactive tutorial you will learn about what methods are used by geologists to learn about the history of the Earth. Investigate a geologic time scale and learn about how scientists have developed and organized a record...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Henri Becquerel
This article describes the life and scientific discoveries of Henri Becquerel.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: James Chadwick Biographical
This sites provides a definitive biography of Chadwick presented by the Nobel (Prize) e-Museum.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Radioactivity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Radioactivity: how it was discovered, definition of radioactivity and radiation and examples of radioactive elements.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Isotopes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of isotopes, how they are named and their stability.
Idaho State University
Radioactivity in Nature
Interesting information including: average annual dosage, radioactivity in space, in the human body, and in the oceans.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Radioactivity Quiz
Take an interactive quiz over radioactivity. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
Science Struck
Science Struck: How Does Radioactive Decay Work?
Explains the processes of radioactive decay in primary and secondary modes.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Radiation Detection Lab
This lab is designed to allow students to look at the amount of radiation that is detected at different distances from a radioactive source.
Science Struck
Science Struck: List of Radioactive Elements
Learn about radioactivity, the different types of radioactive decay, isotopes, and half-life of a radioactive element. Includes a long chart listing radioactive elements, atomic number and mass number, decay type, and length of half-life.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Environmental Health & Safety: Jean Frederic and Irene Joliot Curie
This is the story of the careers of Jean Frederic Joliot and Irene Curie.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Radiocarbon Dating
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about how radiocarbon dating works and how anthropologists can use this method to figure out who long ago people lived. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available. [5:41]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Marie Curie's Classroom
[Free Registration/Login Required] Study the basics of radioactive decay and the properties of atomic nuclei in Marie Curie's laboratory and classroom. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available. [3:32]
Other
American Institute of Physics: Marie Curie and Radioactivity
A very readable account of the discovery of radioactivity and its properties.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Marie Curie Biographical
This site from the Nobel eMuseum from the Nobel Foundation provides information for you to read about the life and scientific discoveries of Marie Curie (1867-1934 CE), whose work with radioactivity earned her two Nobel Prizes.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Geiger
In this dynamic data science game, students try to track down a speck of extremely dangerous radioactive material, which has been lost somewhere in the middle of their lab.