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Objective: Students will develop an understanding of what nuclear energy is,how it is used, some of its benefits and some of its hazards.
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| TEKS 6A: Describes the existence and properties of subatomic particles. | |||||||||||||
| TEKS 613: Analyze stable and unstable isotopes of an element to determine the relationship between the isotope's stability and its application. | |||||||||||||
| TEKS 9A: Compares fission and fusion reaction in terms of masses of the reactants and products and the amount of energy released in the nuclear reactions. | |||||||||||||
| TEKS 9B: Investigates radioactive elements to determine half-life. | |||||||||||||
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TEKS 9C: Evaluates the commercial use of nuclear energy and medical uses of radioisotopes.
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Activity: The students will be divided into groups and then given one of topics from the following list and asked to prepare a lesson which will be taught to the whole class. Technology must be incorporated into the lesson. This activity will be evaluated by the rubric following this activity.
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| 1 . Operation of a Nuclear Power Plant | |||||||||||||
| 2. Use of radioactive Isotopes as Tracers | |||||||||||||
| 3. Use of radioactive Dating by paleontologists. | |||||||||||||
| 4. Radioactive as used in medical treatment and diagnostics | |||||||||||||
| 5. Dangers of Radon Exposure. Where are you at danger of coming in contact with radon? How can we detect and control radon exposure? | |||||||||||||
| 6. Comparison of Fusion a Fission Reactions | |||||||||||||
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7. Compare alpha, beta, and gamma nuclear decay
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Types of technology to be used to complete this activity: Computer, word-processing software, scanner, digital camera, overhead, VCR, TV, and the Internet.
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