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Do Some Research: Who discovered Radium?
In this researching radium worksheet, students discover who discovered it, write a short report, and draw a picture. Students compete three activities.
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The Radium Girls
In this radium worksheet, 7th graders determine the substance used to make the dials of watches glow in the early 1900's. Then they explain why radium glows and what the three most common types of emissions from radioactive nuclei and...
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Calculating Half-Lives
In this calculating half-lives learning exercise, students will use a table with a list of various isotopes and their half-lives to answer 5 problems.
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How Does Radon Get Into Your Home?
For this radon worksheet, learners identify the sources of radon in their home and the factors that effect the radon concentrations inside. Students draw a diagram of their house and illustrate potential routes of radon entry. They...
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Elements Families 1, 2, 17, And 18
In this word search worksheet, students locate 21 elements from families 1, 2, 17, and 18. Elements include sodium, lithium, krypton, argon, and radium.
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Joseph Priestley, Discoverer of Oxygen
Do you want to hear a joke about nitrogen and oxygen? NO. We all know there is oxygen in the air and that plants produce oxygen, but how was it discovered? Scholars read a handout, answer questions, and analyze material in the...
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What is the Relationship Between Radioactivity and Radon?
In this radon and radioactivity worksheet, high schoolers analyze the data of the isotopes of elements that occur in the decay series of uranium-238. Students answer 6 questions about the isotopes, their half-lives, their potential...
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Every Day Edit - Marie Curie
In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about Marie Curie. The errors range from punctuation, spelling, grammar, and capitalization.
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Math in Science-Radioactive Decay and Half-Life
In this radioactive decay and half-life instructional activity, students use given half-lifes to calculate the amount of time it will take for certain amounts of elements to decay. They also find the age of samples and determine how many...
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Marie Curie and the Naming of a Unit
In this radioactivity learning exercise, students read about scientists who contributed to the discovery of radioactivity and radioactive elements. They read about Marie Curie and her contributions to science and the unit the "curie"...
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Final Worksheet
High schoolers will review a semesters worth of material on this final chemistry review. Information ranges from naming isotopes to pH and molarity.
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An Introduction to Space Radiation
In this space radiation worksheet, students read about the various types of radiation humans are exposed to. Students answer 5 questions based on the reading. They calculate the amount of energy gained when exposed to a certain amount of...
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Marie Curie
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Marie Curie and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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50 Common Elements
In this chemistry worksheet, students can read the fifty common elements as a resource for abbreviations and names of them. This is an information sheet.
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Radiation Crossword Puzzle
In this radiation activity, learners complete a crossword puzzle by figuring out the vocabulary terms associated with the 25 clues given.
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Nuclear Chemistry
In this nuclear chemistry worksheet, high schoolers solve nine decay problems. They determine what forms in each problem given the radioactive element.
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What Do People Know About Radon?
In this radon worksheet, students read a short newspaper article about radon. Students complete 7 pages of exercises about the article. Students answer questions, define words, conduct a survey and tally the data.
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Understanding Radon Detection
For this understanding radon detection worksheet, 6th graders read 8 facts about radon, make observations about and draw pictures of hidden objects, use a chart of elements to answer questions about radon.
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ESL-Common Chemical Elements
In this ESL common chemical elements worksheet, students select the chemical elements represented by symbols given. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.