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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Nuclear Power

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How energy can be generated through nuclear reactions.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Nuclear Power

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How energy can be generated through nuclear reactions.
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Handout
Other

Need: Exploring Nuclear Energy [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This downloadable article addresses all aspects of nuclear energy. Visual charts make understanding of cycles and concepts easier. Most useful for older students and educators. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: Nuclear Debate Pamphlets

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of pamphlets from organizations against and for nuclear power.
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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: Chinese Nuclear History

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of documents showing the history of nuclear power in China.
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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: Pakistani Nuclear History

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Pakistan history of nuclear power this digital collection of historical documents.
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Website
Other

Dickinson College: Three Mile Island Emergency

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you can learn general information about the nuclear accident that occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in March of 1979 while also viewing an extensive collection of primary source documents, audio recordings,...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Melt Down at Three Mile Island

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about what happened at Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Facility in March of 1979 with this PBS site. A teacher's guide is available.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nuclear Reaction: Meltdown

For Students 9th - 10th
What happens when a nuclear reactor overheats? This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE looks at the nuclear reactor meltdown at Chernobyl, the worst accident of its kind.
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Interactive
PBS

Kqed: Quest: How Nuclear Reactors Work

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive explorer allows students to click on a hot spot on the image and learn more about how nuclear reactors work.
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Website
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Power Plant Operator

For Students 9th - 10th
Keeping the power moving to houses and businesses is the job of the power plant operator. Whether the power comes from hyrdroelectric, nuclear, or coal energy, the power plant operator needs to know how to keep the turbines moving. This...
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Handout
US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Timelines: Nuclear Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Timeline of key events in the development of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons, including early scientific discoveries related to atomic science.
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Handout
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies: Our Energy Sources: Nuclear Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Nuclear fission energy accounts for a large portion of energy production worldwide. New plants will use improved technologies. There is also research underway to explore how to harness the energy produced from nuclear fusion, but this...
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eBook
Atomic Archive

The Atomic Archive: Nuclear Fission

For Students 9th - 10th
Several pages describing the nuclear fission process. Fission reactions are depicted with diagrams and described in words. Part of an extensive site with well-written information on nuclear power and nuclear science.
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Website
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

The National Academies: Emerging Technologies: Advanced Nuclear Fission

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief explanation of the advances being made in the design of nuclear power facilities.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nuclear Reaction: Searching for Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
This text excerpt from "Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology" by Robert Pool looks at the impact of nuclear power. Reprinted on the online home of FRONTLINE, the series on PBS.
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Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Uranium (Nuclear)

For Students 9th - 10th
Nuclear energy is energy in the nucleus of an atom. Atoms are tiny particles that make up every object in the universe. There is enormous energy in the bonds that hold atoms together. Nuclear energy can be used to make electricity. But...
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Website
US Department of Energy

Us Dept of Energy: Nuclear Age Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a comprehensive timeline of the history of the nuclear age, from the discovery of radioactivity to the cleanup of nuclear weapons.
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Website
Other

Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission: Acts and Regulations

For Students 9th - 10th
Government resource presents the laws and regulations that pertain to Canada's Nuclear Safety and Control Act.
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Article
The Guardian

Guardian: Google to Be Powered 100% by Renewable Energy From 2017

For Students 9th - 10th
Internet giant says renewable energy is increasingly lowest cost option and it will not rule out investing in nuclear power.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Nuclear Energy and Fission

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about nuclear energy and fission in the science of physics including E=mc2, power plants, uses of nuclear power, and fusion.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Three Mile Island the Inside Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This Web site was created to provide more information about the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant; about the course of the accident there; about the steps?extending over almost 15 years?through which the nature and extent of the...
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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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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: Soviet Nuclear History

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital archive of documents from the 1940s-1980s that relate to the nuclear weapons race in the Soviet Union. Included in archive are notes from the head of the Soviet atomic bomb project, Igor Kurchatov and documents related to...

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