Science Struck
Science Struck: Atomic Bomb Facts
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...
PBS
Pbs Nova: Dirty Bomb: Sources of Radiation
In this interactive, learn about sources of both beneficial and harmful radiation which exist in many forms all around us.
MadSci Network
Msn: What Is Required to Initiate a Fusion Reaction?
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...
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.
Other
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How Cancer Cells Grow and Divide
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.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Enrico Fermi
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....
NASA
Nasa: Exploring Climate Change
Test your knowledge of energy and its role in Earth's climate system with these interactive quizzes.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: If Superpowers Were Real: Body Mass
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...
Stanford University
Stanford Report: Edward Teller, Father of Hydrogen Bomb
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...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Observing Cell Division
In this activity, students make microscopic observations of onion root tips, discuss them with classmates, then make detailed drawings that are shared.
Amethyst Galleries
Mineral Galleries/minerals Containg Zinc
Long list of mineral resources that contain zinc.
Chemicool
Chemicool: Zinc
This site from the Chemicool Periodic Table provides an abundance of information on the element including everything from atomic number to abundance.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Zinc
This site from Mark Winter and Web Elements provides information on the element Zinc (Zn) and includes pictures and audio information about it.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Chemical Society: Meitnerium
A concise summary on this element from The Chemical Society. Easy to follow.
Other
A Short History of the Atom
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...
Other
University of Coimbra: Enrico Fermi Biography
Short overview of Fermi's life, including major accomplishments and dates. Good, quick place to start.
Atomic Archive
Atomic Archive: Developing the Hydrogen Bomb
Links to seven different documents regarding the hydrogen bomb and its development during the Cold War. Excellent resource.
Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: The Story of the Atomic Bomb
Here is the story of the first ever atomic bomb, beginning with early scientific ideas, leading up to the success of this weapon.
Other
Review Game Zone: Earth/environmental Science Ncfe Review Part 1
Take this 10 multiple choice question quiz on earth and environmental science.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Energy Forms: Lesson 2
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."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Energy Forms: Lesson 3
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."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Energy Forms: Lesson 4
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."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Energy Forms: Lesson 1
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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