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Science Struck

Science Struck: Atomic Bomb Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses lost nuclear weapons, the power of an atomic bomb, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the development of the atomic bomb, the making of the hydrogen bomb, the detonation of a hydrogen bomb by Russia in 1961, and the status...
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Dirty Bomb: Sources of Radiation

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this interactive, learn about sources of both beneficial and harmful radiation which exist in many forms all around us.
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MadSci Network

Msn: What Is Required to Initiate a Fusion Reaction?

For Students 6th - 8th
From the Mad Scientist Network web site. Using a question and answer format, this page provides a thorough discussion of fusion reactions. Fusion and fission are compared and contrasted and the mechanisms which must occur to initiate and...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Irene Joliot Curie Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Nobel Foundation includes the speech that was given by Irene Curie in accepting the Nobel prize.
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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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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How Cancer Cells Grow and Divide

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation from NOVA: "Battle in the War on Cancer: Breast Cancer" describes how oncogenes cause cancer and how cancerous cells can spread throughout the body.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Enrico Fermi

For Students 9th - 10th
Enrico Fermi was a titan of twentieth-century physics. He outlined the statistical laws that govern the behavior of particles that abide by the Pauli exclusion principle and developed a theoretical model of the atom in his mid-twenties....
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NASA

Nasa: Exploring Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of energy and its role in Earth's climate system with these interactive quizzes.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: If Superpowers Were Real: Body Mass

For Students 9th - 10th
What if manipulating body mass wasn't just the stuff of fantasies and comics? Is it scientifically possible to manipulate your body mass? In this series, creator and educator Joy Lin tackles superpowers and reveals just how...
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Stanford University

Stanford Report: Edward Teller, Father of Hydrogen Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Students don't generally learn much about Edward Teller in school. But with the progress in science in the 20th century, maybe they should. Edward Teller was one of the main architects of the hydrogen bomb. This is a great site by...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Observing Cell Division

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students make microscopic observations of onion root tips, discuss them with classmates, then make detailed drawings that are shared.
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Amethyst Galleries

Mineral Galleries/minerals Containg Zinc

For Students 9th - 10th
Long list of mineral resources that contain zinc.
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Chemicool

Chemicool: Zinc

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Chemicool Periodic Table provides an abundance of information on the element including everything from atomic number to abundance.
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Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Zinc

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Mark Winter and Web Elements provides information on the element Zinc (Zn) and includes pictures and audio information about it.
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Chemical Society: Meitnerium

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise summary on this element from The Chemical Society. Easy to follow.
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Other

A Short History of the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
A classroom wiki where students present profiles of scientists who developed models of the atom or who contributed to the understanding of atomic theory. Covers Democritus, Aristotle, John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Marie...
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Other

University of Coimbra: Enrico Fermi Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
Short overview of Fermi's life, including major accomplishments and dates. Good, quick place to start.
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Atomic Archive

Atomic Archive: Developing the Hydrogen Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to seven different documents regarding the hydrogen bomb and its development during the Cold War. Excellent resource.
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Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: The Story of the Atomic Bomb

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the story of the first ever atomic bomb, beginning with early scientific ideas, leading up to the success of this weapon.
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Other

Review Game Zone: Earth/environmental Science Ncfe Review Part 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this 10 multiple choice question quiz on earth and environmental science.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Energy Forms: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain the advantages and disadvantages of generating electricity from various forms of energy. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Energy Forms."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Energy Forms: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain the advantages and disadvantages of generating electricity from various forms of energy. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Energy Forms."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Energy Forms: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain the advantages and disadvantages of generating electricity from various forms of energy. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Energy Forms."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Energy Forms: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain the advantages and disadvantages of generating electricity from various forms of energy. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Energy Forms."

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