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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Radioactive Simulations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students simulate radioactive decay and nuclear power using an on line interactive web site. In this on line lesson plan, students monitor radioactive isotopes and record the activity of a particular element as the decay progresses. They...
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Lesson Plan
American Institute of Physics

African Americans and the Manhattan Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A lesson about the Manhattan Project will explode young physicists' understanding of the racial attitudes in the United States during and after World war II. Groups select an African American scientist or technician that worked on the...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

2004 AP® Environmental Science Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th
Radioactive isotopes have a wealth of uses, but their waste may cause some concern. One of four free-response questions challenges learners to devise a waste removal strategy for medical radioactive substances. Other questions address...
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Lesson Plan
NASA

Analyzing Tiny Samples Using a Search for the Beginning Mass Spectrometry

For Students 9th - 12th
Teach the basics of mass spectrometry with a hands-on lesson. The fourth in a series of six lessons explores how mass spectrometry measures the ionic composition of an element. Learners then compare and contrast relative abundance and...
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Lesson Plan
NASA

MASS, MASS – Who Has the MASS? Analyzing Tiny Samples

For Students 9th - 12th
What is it worth to you? A hands-on lesson asks groups to collect weights of different combinations of coins and calculate weighted averages. They use the analysis to understand the concept of an isotope to finish the third lesson in a...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Marie Curie's Classroom

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What makes some elements stable and others radioactive? Scholars adjust the number of protons and neutrons in an element then observe its decay. The simulation includes a graphical representation and the chemical formula, as well as...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Radioactive Decay and Half-Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explain the importance of radioactive half-life as your high school biologists demonstrate the concept by performing a series of steps designed to simulate radioactive decay. Pupils use pennies to perform an experiment and gather data....
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Radioactive Dating

For Students 9th - 12th
In this radioactive dating worksheet, students use their reference guide in their text book to find the half-lives of 4 isotopes. They use a decay chart to help determine the half-lives and age of given bones and samples of radioactive...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Radiochemistry

For Students 9th - 12th
In this radiochemistry learning exercise, students read about how scientists learn more about elements using radioactive isotopes. Students answer three critical thinking questions about the reading and radiochemistry.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Half-Life Problems

For Students 9th - 12th
In this half-life worksheet, high schoolers calculate the half-life of isotopes, they find masses of isotopes remaining after specified times, and they find particular amounts of time needed to pass for given masses of isotopes to decay.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Geological History Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 12th
In this geological history worksheet, high schoolers define 17 terms associated with index fossils, nuclear decay, and radioactive decay.
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Article
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Neutron Activation Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple explanation of neutron activation of some natural elements in order to create a radioactive nucleus.
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Graphic
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics I: Appendices: Selected Radioactive Isotopes

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a chart showing Selected Radioactive Isotopes including: Decay Mode(s), Energy(MeV), y-Ray Energy(MeV), and more.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Isotopes of Carbon

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the characteristics of carbon and what an isotope is. Presents a chart of carbon isotopes listing nuclide symbol, atomic weight, half-life, and nuclear spin, as well as a second chart listing radioactive carbon isotopes....
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Physics4kids

Physics 4 Kids: Modern Physics Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this ten question multiple choice quiz on modern physics