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National Health Museum

Radioactivity: Historical Figures

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of the contributions of Wilhelm Roentgen, Antione Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, and Ernest Rutherford on radioactivity.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Radioactivity

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson explains the types of radioactive decay and how to write nuclear equations. Includes simulations for learning about alpha and beta particle decay.
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Other

American Institute of Physics: Marie Curie and Radioactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
A very readable account of the discovery of radioactivity and its properties.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Radioactive Decay Calculator

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use this online Radioactive Decay Calculator to compute radioactive decay, timed decay, and timed solid disposal for a databank containing 116 isotopes. This calculator also features University of British Columbia disposal...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Nuclear Chemistry: Radioactive Decay

For Students 9th - 10th
Given illustrations, symbols, or descriptions, students will balance nuclear equations.
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Idaho State University

Idaho State University: Radioactive Waste Management

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module will dig into radiation and examine radioactive waste. Recognize the types of waste and how they are managed.
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Oregon State University

Oregon State University: Radioactive Materials: Mining the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit from Oregon State University on radioactive materials.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Radioactive Dating Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about different types of radiometric dating, such as carbon dating. Understand how decay and half life work to enable radiometric dating. Play a game that tests your ability to match the percentage of the dating element that...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Radioactive Dating Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore various types of radiometric dating.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Understanding the Properties of Radioactive Tracers

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the passage and study the graphic to complete the five-question quiz about the properties of radioactive tracers.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Radioactivity of Iodine 131

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-question quiz focusing on the Radioactivity of Iodine-131.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Radioactive Isotopes in Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what radioactive isotopes are and the different ways that they are used in medicine.
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Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Radioactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
Deepen your understanding of radioactivity. Find out about the history and chemistry behind the concept.
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Other

Andy Darvill's Science Site: Types of Radioactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about radioactivity, and how it occurs inside an atom's unstable nucleus.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Teaching Radioactive Decay & Radiometric Dating

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A laboratory activity that teaches the difficult concept of radioactive decay by means of a fluid (shampoo) flowing through holes from an upper to a lower beaker. Using the exponential decay equation, learners then 'date' the shampoo....
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Radioactive Decay

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity learners will use a mathematical model to study the process of radioactive decay in order to help understand how it can be used to determine the age of ancient earth materials.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Radioactive Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine actual radioactive decay data collected in an honors chemistry class to find an equation which best fits the data and allows a person to predict the count after certain periods of time have elapsed. Students review all...
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions /Radioactive Decay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A set of examples and exercises that show how to solve radioactive decay problems by using exponents and logarithms.
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Science Museum, London

Science Museum: Online Stuff: Marie Curie and the History of Radioactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Nobel Prize winner, Marie Curie's life, and her historical work with radioactivity.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Dating Game: Radioactive Carbon

For Students 9th - 10th
In this media-rich essay from the NOVA: "Mystery of the First Americans" Web site, learn about the atomic structure of radioactive carbon and how it can be used to determine the age of organic remains, such as bones and teeth.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Radioactivity and Radiation

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of radioactivity and radiation in chemistry including radioactive decay, types, measurements, half-life, and the dangers.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Radioactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of radioactivity, the process in which particles are emitted from nuclei as a result of nuclear instability.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Radioactive Dating

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of radioactive dating, a process used to determine the age of rocks and other materials.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Radioactive Decay:half Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An experiment that will help young scholars in determining the half-life of a radioactive element.

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