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Radiation Energy
Eighth graders experiment with a Geiger counter and a dosimeter to test the amount of radiation in a room and the amount of radiation received in a day. In this radiation energy lesson plan, 8th graders test the shielding effect of...
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Carbon-14 Dating
For this carbon dating worksheet, students write and illustrate a comic strip describing the entire process of C-14 dating. Then students complete 6 short answer and 2 fill in the blank questions.
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Radiation
Students distinguish between natural and man-made radiation. They measure radiation using a Geiger counter and investigate footprints of radiation.
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SURVIVING A COSMIC INVASION
Students read periodicals relating to radioacitivity and interpret a Geiger Counter. They work in small groups, share information and help each other explain the Geiger Counter. They discover the relationship distance to...
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Hazardous Waste
Students define technology and relate the definition to the production of electricity using nuclear energy. They also list the technologies involved and relate the use of these technologies to their effect on society in general, and...
Creative Science Centre
Creative Science Centre: The Geiger Counter
Explains what a Geiger counter is, how it is constructed, and how it works.
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Triumf: Environment, Health & Safety
An extensive index containing links to many sites describing radiation measuring instruments. A comprehensive website on the topic.
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Nrc: Unit 1 Radiation
This site has lesson plans and activities related to radiation. Activities include measuring radiation with a Geiger counter and observing radiation 'footprints' in a cloud chamber.
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Images Si Inc: Geiger Counter
An image of a Geiger Counter and definitions of the types of rays a counter can detect, alpha, beta and gamma. Includes inventor and date of invention. Continue on "Next," page for even more info.
NASA
Nasa: The Geiger Counter
Site from NASA explaining the construction and use of a Geiger counter. The site has links to many related topics, such as plasma, ions, and electrons.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Geiger Counter
Contains some pictures and a brief description of how a Geiger Counter functions.
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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.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Geiger Counter 1908
Counting alpha particles was tedious and time-consuming work, until Hans Geiger came up with a device that did the job automatically.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Dangers and Uses of Radiation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores the danger and uses of radiation, how it is detected, and radiation in the environment.
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Detect Invisible Bullets With a Geiger Counter
See how a Geiger counter operates in this simulation. You can experiment with variables like distance to see what effect it has on the Geiger readings. If you want to probe the topic in more detail and earn "Einstein bucks", there are...
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.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Detectors
Exploration of the different types of commonly used detectors with a description of each.
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Rathaus: Measuring Radiation
Guides the reader through the origins of some of the units of radiactivity measurement, including the curie, the rad, and the becquerel.