J. Robert Oppenheimer Teacher Resources

Students go on a field trip to the Iona Wastewater Treatment Plant and learn about sewage, waste, and pollution. In this treatment plant lesson plan, students also complete collection samples of quadrats.

Students determine with math concepts how much plastic pollution is affecting marine life. In this plastic pollution lesson plan, students collect scientific data from a field trip to a water treatment plant.

Students read a copy of Truman's press release regarding the atomic bomb. They answer a series of factual questions regarding the press release. They discuss the press release and then follow up with answering more in depth questions...

Fourth graders explore folktales and legends to investigate the life and culture of the Haudenosaunee Indians. The stories and food of the six Nations are experienced as the lesson proceeds.

J. Robert Oppenheimer is credited with the creation of the atomic bomb. But, "The country asked him to do something and he did it brilliantly, and they repaid him for the tremendous job he did by breaking him." This documentary traces...

At this site from Nuclearfiles.org you can read a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer and about his career as a scientist and his important involvement with the Manhattan Project and Atomic Energy Commission.

Credited with the creation of the atomic bomb, Robert Oppenheimer opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb. Read about Oppenheimer's education and involvement in the atomic explosions, which "changed the world forever."

This site from Nuclearfiles.org allows you to read about Robert J. Oppenheimer's role in the Manhattan Project, as head of the Atomic Energy Commission and then his dismissal as a "security threat" to the U.S. government during the era...

Learn about the "father of the atomic bomb", J. Robert Oppenheimer in this article that discusses his life and scientific accomplishments.

The story behind the creation of "Object", an ordinary cup, spoon, and saucer wrapped evocatively in gazelle fur, has been told so many times its importance in modernist history transcends the fact it might be of dubious authenticity....

How much do you know about Object by Meret Oppenheim? Find out by answering this three-question multiple-choice and true/false quiz. Check each answer before moving to the next question. Hints are available for each question.

This site from PBS provides biographical information about J. Robert Oppenheimer, and his involvement with the atomic bomb.

This biography from the encyclopedia Wikipedia of physicist Robert Oppenheimer discusses his education, his creation of the atomic bomb, and later, his opposition to the use of the bomb.

This site features the full text of the novel The Yellow Crayon by E. Philips Oppenheim.

This site features the full text of the novel The Zeppelin's Passenger by E. Phillips Oppenheim.

This is the complete text of the German spy novel The Devil's Paw by E. Phillips Oppenheim.

This is the full text of the novel The Evil Shepherd by E. Phillips Oppenheim; a former defense attorney turned righteous crusader is the hero of this blockbuster novel from an early master of the thriller genre.

This is the full text of the novel The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim, a mystery novel. German Leopold von Ragastein meets Englishman Everard Dominey, in Africa, and plans to murder him and steal his identity to spy on...

This is the complete text of the novel "The Malefactor" by E. Phillips Oppenheim.

This is the complete text of the novel "A Millionaire of Yesterday" by E. Phillips Oppenheim.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1909, one publication is Jeanne Of The Marshes. This story was written by E. Phillips Oppenheim.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1911, one work is Havoc. This work was written by E. Phillips Oppenheim.

Atomic Energy and Nuclear History Online exhibit from Oregon State University Library features information on Atomic Espionage and the Oppenheimer Hearings.

This site features the author E. Phillips Oppenheim including the full text of 14 novels including The Great Impersonation, The Zeppelin's Passenger, and Havoc.