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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Is Radiation Dangerous?

For Students 9th - 10th
Matt Anticole describes the different types of radiation. [5:20]
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Article
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Invention of the Week: Albert Macovski: Medical Imaging Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the work done by Albert Macovski, which included the development of digital radiography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and learn how these inventions impact the medical world.
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Handout
Corrosion Source

Corrosion Source: Berkelium

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers a summary of the basic facts about berkelium.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: 7 Groundbreaking Inventions by Latino Innovators

For Students 9th - 10th
From entertainment devices to lifesaving medical technologies, Latino inventors have advanced humankind through their contributions. Latino inventors have created revolutionary devices that have transformed our everyday world - and often...
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Article
NASA

Nasa: Material Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the use of alloys on the space shuttle, and how to analyze alloys using X-ray fluorescence.
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Website
California Institute of Technology

Spitzer Science Center: Kepler's Supernova Remnant

For Students 9th - 10th
This image, titled "Kepler's Supernova Remnant: Views from Chandra, Hubble and Spitzer" features six individual pictures of Kepler's supernova taken with different types of equipment (x-rays, infrared, etc). The text under the image...
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Antennae Galaxies

For Students 9th - 10th
This image, titled "Fire Within the Antennae Galaxies" features three individual pictures of the antennae galaxies taken with different equipment (x-ray, infrared, etc). The text under the image details various specifics about the picture.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Science Now! A Picture Is Worth

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A video clip asks students to explain how X-ray images communicate information. This is one in a series of creative writing prompts. [0:32]
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Ray

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Ray", created by Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin in 1728 (Oil on canvas, 114 x 146 cm).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Ray of Sunlight

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Ray of Sunlight", created by Jacob Isaackszon Van Ruisdael, c. 1660 (Oil on canvas, 83 x 99 cm).
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: The Land of the Magic Windows

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is a site from NASA that contains an interesting and fun way to learn about the electromagnetic spectrum. Kate receives a strange riddle from her grandfather. Find out what it says and go through the gateway to the Land of the Magic...
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Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Medical Records and Health Information Tech

For Students 9th - 10th
Career trends and employment projections are detailed in this Department of Labor site. General information on the Medical Records and Health Information Technician profession is also provided.
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Activity
South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Kids Work! History of Medicine

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief history of medicine told in five snapshots of time: ancient times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the early modern period (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), and modern times.
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Graphic
University of California

Center for Science Education: Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
A gallery of astronomy images which depict galaxies, comets, the moon, planets, nebulae, supernovae as seen in various regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Each image in the gallery is described. Fascinating!
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Welcome to the World of Multiwavelength Astronomy!

For Students 9th - 10th
This Imagine the Universe site provides an introduction into the multiwavelength universe and astronomy. Site provides graphics, links to a quiz, facts on this topic as well as teacher resources.
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Website
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Cat Scans

For Students 3rd - 5th
A CAT Scan is compared to cutting up a fruitcake on this basic, yet interesting site. This description of CAT Scans is intended for a younger audience and also offers links to the visible human project.
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Other

American Mathematical Society: The Mathematical Cat Scan

For Students 9th - 10th
Diagrams and discussion of the "collection of 1-dimensional records" that make up a CAT scan.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Atomic Number

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides the definition of the term, "Atomic number," a term used in chemistry and physics to represent the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.
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Handout
Chemicool

Chemicool: Barium

For Students 9th - 10th
A very easy to follow site from Chemicool with all sorts of clearly presented data on barium. Not flashy, but thorough and clear,
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Handout
Chemicool

Chemicool: Beryllium

For Students 9th - 10th
A very thorough and well organized site from Chemicool describing lots of useful and relevant information on beryllium. Should be very valuable to students at many levels.
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Activity
York University

Yes I Can! Science: Red Rover, Red Rover

For Students 9th - 10th
The YES I Can! Science site based out of York University in Toronto is featuring the Mars rovers. The site has all the mission background information teachers need all in one place as well as several great student activities, (Build a...
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Handout
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Nikola Tesla Biography

For Students 1st - 8th
Interesting biographical information, fun facts, and famous quotes about Nikola Tesla known for his work with alternating current.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Wilhelm Rontgen

For Students 9th - 10th
(1845-1923) German scientist she produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today knob as X-rays or Rontgen rays, an achievement that earned him the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Roentgen

For Students 9th - 10th
A German physicist, of the University of Wurzburg, who, on Nov. 8, 1895, produced and detected electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as x-rays or Rontgen Rays.

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