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Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Plutonium

For Students 9th - 10th
This WebElements site provides a great deal of elemental information. There are audio files demonstrating the correct pronunciation of the element name, pictures showing the electron shells, and information on isotopes, properties and more.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nrc: Unit 1 Radiation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sources of Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive activity that discusses how radiation is like energy and comes in different forms.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fission and Fusion

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will investigate fission and fusion, and discover how they play a part in nuclear chain reactions in fission bombs, nuclear power plants, and radiation in...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Nuclear Radiation

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate the characteristics of radioactive emissions, and then complete equations involving radioactive decay when given pertinent information.
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Unit Plan
Crescent Public Schools

Cresecent Public Schools: Nuclear Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
This high school level lesson on Nuclear Chemistry asks students to read the text, link to other resources, interpret graphs and examples, and complete a provided homework assignment.
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eBook
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Advanced Placement Chemistry: Nuclear Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
This online textbook chapter provides learners with advanced-level material on acids and bases.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Marie Curie

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which happens to be in Spanish, probes into the life and works of Marie Curie. Discover her accomplishments and how they impacted society.
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Handout
Other

Chemical Elements: Plutonium

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice, clear site, containing a good deal of elemental information, including; atomic weight, density, boiling point, isotopes and more. An image shows the electron energy levels for the element.
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Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Berkelium

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic information on berkelium, including radioisotopes and electron configurations. Includes audio content.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Isotopes

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of isotopes, how they are named and their stability.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Radioactivity Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take an interactive quiz over radioactivity. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Activity of an Isotope

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the activity of a radioactive sample by measuring the counts per minute that are detected by a sensor.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Half Life Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to allow students to look at the amount of radiation that is detected at different times from a radioactive source with a very short half-life. This video will help with the lab:...
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Radiation Detection Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to allow students to look at the amount of radiation that is detected at different distances from a radioactive source.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Radioactive Emissions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on radioactive emissions including radioactive decay, half-life, using half-life, how to calculate net decline, a table showing how the count rate of an isotope might change over time, and a link to a test.
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Logarithmic Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Logarithmic word problems generally involve evaluating a given logarithmic equation at a given point, and solving for a given variable; they're pretty straightforward. This resource contains worked examples to demonstrate the reasoning...
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Handout
Corrosion Source

Corrosion Source: Berkelium

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a summary of the basic facts about berkelium.
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Handout
Other

Andy Darvill's Science Site: Types of Radioactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about radioactivity, and how it occurs inside an atom's unstable nucleus.
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Website
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Quantum Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses the quantum revolution with special attention given to cathode rays and radioactivity.
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Handout
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Radioactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
Deepen your understanding of radioactivity. Find out about the history and chemistry behind the concept.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers:nordic Sagas: Radioactive Reindeer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Demonstrate how soil absorbs radioactivity by simulating the absorption of the radioactive isotope from the Chernobyl disaster into the lichen of Scandinavia. Use a chart to figure out the half-life of the isotope.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Radioactivity and Radiation

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of radioactivity and radiation in chemistry including radioactive decay, types, measurements, half-life, and the dangers.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Isotopes

For Students 1st - 9th
Study the science of isotopes in chemistry including naming isotopes, hydrogen, examples, fun facts, unstable, and stable on this site.