Curated OER
Radiation Crossword Puzzle
In this radiation instructional activity, students complete a crossword puzzle by figuring out the vocabulary terms associated with the 25 clues given.
Curated OER
Living with Benefits and Risks
In this radioisotopes worksheet, students determine which radioisotopes are used to detect cancers and look at how radiation exposure influences health. This worksheet has 4 fill in the blank and 14 short answer questions.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Nuclear Medicine
An extensive overview of nuclear medicine and its history. Description of radiopharmaceuticals, imaging techniques, and diagnostic/therapeutic procedures.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Radioactive Decay Calculator
Students will use this online Radioactive Decay Calculator to compute radioactive decay, timed decay, and timed solid disposal for a databank containing 116 isotopes. This calculator also features University of British Columbia disposal...
Other
World Nuclear Association: Radioisotopes in Medicine
The use of radioisotopes in medicine is discussed, focusing on diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals. Includes a list of radioisotopes used in medicine.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge National Laboratory: The Graphite Reactor
This resource describes the world's first nuclear reactor and the role which it played in the Manhattan Project. Also discussed are topics such as the goal of plutonium development for nuclear weapons, the goals of the top-secret,...
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Berkelium
Basic information on berkelium, including radioisotopes and electron configurations. Includes audio content.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Half Life and Radioactive Dating
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains radioactive dating, how it works, and how carbon-14 is used to date the remains of living things.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Radioisotopes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a radioisotope is and why they have unstable nuclei. Elements in which all of the isotopes are radioactive.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Medicine: Radioisotopes for Diagnosis and Treatment
A brief explanation of the use of radioisotopes in nuclear medicine.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Radiation Treatment
X-rays, gamma rays and beta particles are all used in medicine to treat internal organs. X-rays are produced by firing electrons at a metal target and gamma rays are emitted by the nucleus of radioactive atoms. Gamma rays are used to...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Radioactivity
Overview of radioactivity, the process in which particles are emitted from nuclei as a result of nuclear instability.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Reactors
Entry offers a brief explanation of the uses of nuclear reactors.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Industrial Applications
Features an exploration of the many common industrial applications that use radioisotopes including smoke detectors, agriculture, arts and humanities, and the automobile industry.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Pieces of Mind: Remembering What Matters
Explore how the new technology of PET (positron emission tomography) imaging has given researchers a tool to look inside the brain. Investigate uses of this technology in brain research and list ideas for future uses of PET scans.