Nuclear Reactions

1. Handout: Unit Notes
2. Introduction
   1. The difference between chemical and nuclear energy
      1. Film: A collection of newsreels about early atomic tests.
      2. Film: Military news reel of aftermath at Hiroshima and Nagasaki
   2. Symbolic representations of atoms - isotopes
   3. Types of Radiation
   4. Lab: Cloud Chambers - visualizing radiation
3. Measuring Radiation and Health Effects
   1. Homework: Types of Radiation and It's Effects sheet
   2. Homework: read Radiation and Risk
4. Radioactive Decay
   1. Homework: Radioactive Decay Sheet
5. Fission and Fusion
6. Half-life
   1. Demo: Observing Radioactive Decay
   2. Homework: Half-Life practice sheet
7. Uses for Radioactive Materials
   1. Radioactive Dating
      1. Computer Lab: Half-life Practice
   2. Nuclear Power
      1. Homework: read science news article about radio active release from coal plants
      2. Homework: Read the Pro/Con article about nuclear power and make a list of the pros and cons you find. Then write a paragraph explaining your own thoughts on the use of nuclear power.
   3. Nuclear Bombs
      1. Film: Fission Bomb Blasts
      2. Film: Hydrogen Bomb Blast
      3. Homework: Nuclear bombs and reactors
   4. Other uses
      1. Homework: read the radioactive boy scout.