+
Website
Other

Mineralogical Society of America: Mineral Identification Key: Mineral Properties

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists classify minerals based on a set of physical properties. Each of these properties is described in detail.
+
Handout
University of California

Ucla: Irene Joliot Curie (1897 1956 )

For Students 9th - 10th
Site includes the titles of publications authored by nuclear physicist Irene Joliot-Curie, as well as her complete resume.
+
Unit Plan
1
1
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Earth Science: Minerals Ii: Properties

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on the physical properties of minerals. Discussion includes the identifying characteristics such as color, hardness, luster, crystal forms, density, and cleavage. Site also includes an interactive practice...
+
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Radiation Types

For Students 9th - 10th
Given illustrations, diagrams, or descriptions, students will identify alpha, beta, or gamma radiation.
+
Handout
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.
+
Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Ernest Rutherford Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete biography on the life of Ernest Rutherford, 1908 winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Details his education and his many scientific researches. Also contains a listing of his awards and achievements and has some...
+
Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Isotopes

For Students 3rd - 8th
This overview of isotopes explores where isotopes come from and returning an atom to its normal state.
+
Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Atoms

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a detailed overview of atoms. Content explores an atom's structure, as well as what ions are, how atoms bond, what compounds are (including how to name compounds), and what isotopes are.
+
Activity
Other

Images Si Inc: Geiger Counter

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of a Geiger Counter and definitions of the types of rays a counter can detect, alpha, beta and gamma. Includes inventor and date of invention. Continue on "Next," page for even more info.
+
Interactive
PBS

Nova: Atom Builder

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out if you know enough about atoms to build them. The goal of the activity is to build an atom of a particular element by dragging the correct numbers of neutrons, protons and electrons into the atom.
+
Unit Plan
Other

University of Waikato: Science Learning Hub: Absolute Dating

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what absolute dating is as compared to relative dating and how they can work together. The characteristics of several different radiometric methods are compared. Includes three short videos and an interactive where students...
+
Activity
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: The Nucleus Wall Chart

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this chart to learn everything there is to know regarding a nucleus.
+
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Marie Curie

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which happens to be in Spanish, probes into the life and works of Marie Curie. Discover her accomplishments and how they impacted society.
+
Graphic
Other

The Chernobyl Nuclear Accident and It's Ramifications

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent series of reference papers on the worst nuclear accident we have had. Maps and a photo gallery are also provided.
+
Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Henri Becquerel Nobel Lecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel eMuseum of the Nobel Foundation provides a series of links to information on Antoine Henri. Everything from the presentation speech for the Nobel Prize to his biography, the lecture, and other resources.
+
Interactive
Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Apps Zur Physik

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, in German, offers numerous apps that illustrate common physics principles. Apps are organized into categories: mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, physics of...
+
Unknown Type
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Selection of Radionuclides for Radiopharmaceuticals

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-question quiz pertaining to the passage "Selection of Radionuclides for Radiopharmaceuticals.
+
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Half Life Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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....
+
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Low Level Nuclear Waste: A Geographic Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity, young scholars will learn what nuclear waste is and how to analyze the problems surrounding it. They will compare and contrast low- and high-level nuclear waste, and make decisions concerning how to...
+
Activity
Atomic Archive

Atomic Archive: Example Scenario: New York Example

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Atomic Archive - the online companion to the award-winning CD-ROM. This page (and the several that follow from it) paint a picture of the events which would occur if an H-bomb was dropped pon New York City. The effect of the...
+
Handout
Other

Chemical Elements: Plutonium

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice, clear site, containing a good deal of elemental information, including; atomic weight, density, boiling point, isotopes and more. An image shows the electron energy levels for the element.
+
Handout
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Inventor of the Week: Willard Libby Carbon Dating

For Students 6th - 8th
Use this site to learn about radiocarbon dating and the scientist who discovered it, Willard Libby (1908-1980 CE).
+
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: The Nucleus and Isotopes

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students learn about the particles in an atomic nucleus, isotopes, and nuclear forces.
+
Article
World Health Organization

World Health Organization: Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident

For Students 9th - 10th
A fact sheet on the Chernobyl accident: how many were exposed, where they were, the relocation efforts, amount of radiation received, and health problems associated with the accident.

Other popular searches