Science Struck
Science Struck: Half Life in Nuclear Chemistry
Explains what is meant by the half-life of a radioactive element and how it is calculated.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Isotopes
Study the science of isotopes in chemistry including naming isotopes, hydrogen, examples, fun facts, unstable, and stable on this site.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Radioactive Data
Students examine actual radioactive decay data collected in an honors chemistry class to find an equation which best fits the data and allows a person to predict the count after certain periods of time have elapsed. Students review all...
Google
Google for Education: Model Radioactive Decay Using Computational Thinking
Through this demonstration students will understand radioactive including its probabilistic nature and begin to see how scientists use computational thinking to model complex phenomena.
Other
Le Moyne College:elements & Atoms, Indivisible No Longer
Click to read different historical documents in chemistry related to the history of the study and discovery of radioactivity.
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.
Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: The Noble Gases
Through an online slideshow format, learn about the chemical properties and practical uses of the noble gases. Includes questions at end.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Uses for Radioactive Substances: Audio Book
This interactive audio book provides a simple overview of how to use radioactive substances. Find links to numerous chemistry animations, power points, and tutorials.
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.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Nuclear Energy: Study Guide [Pdf]
This chapter study guide about nuclear energy allows viewers to discover the main points of nuclear energy. Learn how to write nuclear equations, draw nuclide symbols, learn how nuclear energy is a major source of energy worldwide.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1962
Read about Linus Carl Pauling, the winner of the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Other Resources," and "The Nobel Chemistry Prize 1954."
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Glenn T. Seaborg Biographical
The Nobel Foundation provides a brief biography on Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999 CE), the co-recipient of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read about Seaborg's education and personal life. Learn about his "Discovery of transuranium...
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.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Quantum Revolution
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.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium
The Nobel Foundation provides a lecture given by Nanny Froman at the Royal Swedish Academy of Science in Sotckholm, Sweden. "Marie and Pierre Curie and the Discovery of Polonium and Radium" is organized into several sections including:...
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Half Life Lab
This activity explains how students use a CBL2 and TI-83 or TI-84 calculator to collect and calculate the half-life of a barium isotope. Students can use an isogenerator to milk out a meta stable isotope of Barium with a short half-life....
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Carbon
This article from Wikipedia contains great information on the element carbon. Links are provided throughout the article to provided additional information. The topics include: Notable Characteristics, Applications, History, Allotropes,...
Other
Web ref.org: Radon
Nice few sentences about radon, its properties and health/environmetal info. Links to technical terms and definitions within the article.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fission and Fusion
[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...
My Hero Project
My Hero: Madame Curie
Use this site to learn about Marie Curie's scientific discoveries in radiation, which resulted in the creation of both modern cancer treatments and the atomic bomb.
Robin Chew
Lucidcafe: Marie Sklodowska Curie
A brief biography of the life of Marie Curie is presented. Links to other resources, books, and videos are provided.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Irene Joliot Curie Biographical
This site from The Nobel Foundation includes the speech that was given by Irene Curie in accepting the Nobel prize.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Alpha Decay
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why alpha decay occurs, its dangers and how to write a balanced nuclear equation for alpha decay.