Nuclear energy saves more lives than it harms. A powerful video explains the great things about nuclear energy and why we should increase nuclear power plants. It highlights the benefits for global warming and a new way to make nuclear energy cleaner and safer than it is today.

Concepts

nuclear energy, nuclear power, energy sources

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Research thorium reactors
• Update the information about how many coal plants China is opening each year using this data

Classroom Considerations

• Video relies on prior knowledge from the first two videos in the three-part series

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides closed captioning in over 30 languages
• Many graphs clearly explain the concepts

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4