Idaho State University
Radioactivity in Nature
Interesting information including: average annual dosage, radioactivity in space, in the human body, and in the oceans.
National Health Museum
Radioactivity: Historical Figures
A summary of the contributions of Wilhelm Roentgen, Antione Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, and Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity.
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Online Stuff: Marie Curie and the History of Radioactivity
Read about Nobel Prize winner, Marie Curie's life, and her historical work with radioactivity.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Nuclear Chemistry: Radioactive Decay
Given illustrations, symbols, or descriptions, students will balance nuclear equations.
Idaho State University
Idaho State University: Radiation Measurement
A brief introduction to units of radiation measurement.
Other
World Nuclear Association: Radiation and Life
This article presents illustrations and a general discussion about radiation.
Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Radioactivity
Deepen your understanding of radioactivity. Find out about the history and chemistry behind the concept.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Radioactivity and Radiation
Kids learn about the science of radioactivity and radiation in chemistry including radioactive decay, types, measurements, half-life, and the dangers.
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: Radioactivity in the Natural Environment
Charts take a look at radioactive nuclei found naturally on Earth.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Radiation Damage and Its Study
Reference examines the effects of radiation exposure both harmful and beneficial.
Other
Nrc: Students' Corner: Nuclear Energy
A colorful guide to nuclear energy and radiation. A great supplement to the NRC lesson plan series.
Other
Nuclear Energy Institute
The Nuclear Energy Institute is an extensive resource for information on nuclear technology, public policy issues, careers in nuclear energy, nuclear power plants, nuclear facts, radiation in agriculture, definitions, and much more.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Antoine Henri Becquerel Biographical
Read about Becquerel's (1852-1908 CE) contributions to the world of science, which earned him The 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics. This detailed biography includes important dates as well as an overview of his world with radioactivity.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Nuclear Chemistry
A complete learning module with interactive activities as well as informational text to help students distinguish the characteristics and components of radioactivity.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Units of Radioactivity and Dose
Learn about the units for measuring the amount of radioactivity and the categories of radiation dose.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Half Life Lab
This lab is designed to allow students to look at the amount of radiation that is detected at different times from a radioactive source with a very short half-life. This video will help with the lab:...
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Nuclear Chemistry [Pdf]
In Chapter 18, Nuclear Chemistry, learn about the nucleus and radioactivity, uses of radioactive substances, and nuclear energy. View different objectives that help aide the understanding of nuclear energy and radioactive emissions....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Mcat: Physical Processes: Atomic Nucleus: Decay Graphs and Half Lives Article
Explains how scientists can tell when radiation has been leaked, how to read a decay graph, what we mean by a half-life, and what carbon dating is.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Geiger
In this dynamic data science game, students try to track down a speck of extremely dangerous radioactive material, which has been lost somewhere in the middle of their lab.
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.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Radioactive Decay Model
Substitute coins for radiation. A coin experiment using radioactive decay.
Idaho State University
Idaho State University: Gamma Radiation
A good illustration and a simple explanation of gamma-ray decay.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1938
At this site from The Nobel Foundation, read about the life and scientific discoveries of physicist Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), whose work with radiation and "discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons" earned him the...