Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Plutonium
This WebElements site provides a great deal of elemental information. There are audio files demonstrating the correct pronunciation of the element name, pictures showing the electron shells, and information on isotopes, properties and more.
Other
Nrc: Unit 1 Radiation
This site has lesson plans and activities related to radiation. Activities include measuring radiation with a Geiger counter and observing radiation 'footprints' in a cloud chamber.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sources of Radiation
An interactive activity that discusses how radiation is like energy and comes in different forms.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fission and Fusion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will investigate fission and fusion, and discover how they play a part in nuclear chain reactions in fission bombs, nuclear power plants, and radiation in...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Nuclear Radiation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate the characteristics of radioactive emissions, and then complete equations involving radioactive decay when given pertinent information.
Crescent Public Schools
Cresecent Public Schools: Nuclear Chemistry
This high school level lesson on Nuclear Chemistry asks students to read the text, link to other resources, interpret graphs and examples, and complete a provided homework assignment.
Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Advanced Placement Chemistry: Nuclear Chemistry
This online textbook chapter provides learners with advanced-level material on acids and bases.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Marie Curie
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.
Other
Chemical Elements: Plutonium
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.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Berkelium
Basic information on berkelium, including radioisotopes and electron configurations. Includes audio content.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Isotopes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of isotopes, how they are named and their stability.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Radioactivity Quiz
Take an interactive quiz over radioactivity. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Activity of an Isotope
Determine the activity of a radioactive sample by measuring the counts per minute that are detected by a sensor.
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:...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Radiation Detection Lab
This lab is designed to allow students to look at the amount of radiation that is detected at different distances from a radioactive source.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Radioactive Emissions
This lesson focuses on radioactive emissions including radioactive decay, half-life, using half-life, how to calculate net decline, a table showing how the count rate of an isotope might change over time, and a link to a test.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Logarithmic Word Problems
Logarithmic word problems generally involve evaluating a given logarithmic equation at a given point, and solving for a given variable; they're pretty straightforward. This resource contains worked examples to demonstrate the reasoning...
Other
Andy Darvill's Science Site: Types of Radioactivity
Find out about radioactivity, and how it occurs inside an atom's unstable nucleus.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Quantum Revolution
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses the quantum revolution with special attention given to cathode rays and radioactivity.
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.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:nordic Sagas: Radioactive Reindeer
Demonstrate how soil absorbs radioactivity by simulating the absorption of the radioactive isotope from the Chernobyl disaster into the lichen of Scandinavia. Use a chart to figure out the half-life of the isotope.
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.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Isotopes
Study the science of isotopes in chemistry including naming isotopes, hydrogen, examples, fun facts, unstable, and stable on this site.