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Middle School/Junior High
- Glossary of Basic Radiation Terms
From Idaho State University
- Measuring Solar Radiation-Lesson Plan Educational material based on near real-time visualizations of atmospheric data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program.
- Radiation in Our World: Fun Facts & Activities (pdf file) Activity booklet from the National Safety Council.
- BBC Radioactivity Lessons Online lesson in radioactivity from the British Broadcasting Company, geared to 14 years and older. Click on "Revise" to view lessons.
- Links to Educational Sources on Radiation From the University of Michigan - (Scroll to section titled K-12 and Teacher Training)
High School
(Difficulty levels are widely varied)- NEW C-14 decay animation by Maarten Blaauw, Uppsala University, Sweden.
- Glossary of Basic Radiation Terms From Idaho State University
- Radiation in Perspective From DOE Nevada Operations Office
- Radiation and Life General overview of radiation and its everyday role in our lives, by Eric J Hall, Professor of Radiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York.
- The Atomic Archive A site presented by company AJ Software & Multimedia.
- Radioactivity Award-winning science education site by a teacher in Britain
- BBC Radioactivity Lessons Online lesson in radioactivity from the British Broadcasting Company, geared to 14 years and older. Click on "Revise" to view lessons.
- Nuclear Physics: Past, Present and Future (Click on the 'ThinkQuest Library Site' box to enter site.) For students. Explains the physics behind nuclear technology, connecting it to popular history, current issues and prospects for the future.
- The ABC's of Nuclear Science From the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- Students' Corner Part of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's School Program. Includes lesson plans.
- Ending the War Against Japan: Science, Morality, and the Atomic Bomb A five-day classroom unit developed by the Choices for the 21st Century Education Program at Brown University. (Charge for materials)
- How Things Work From the World Nuclear Association's web site.
- The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere Explains radiation belts. An educational web site by David P. Stern (formerly with NASA) and Mauricio Peredo. Some material available in Spanish and French.
- Fusion Energy Educational Web Site Sponsored by company General Atomics. Student Workbook and Teacher Notebook have sections on radiation.
- Physics 2000 (advanced level) Has a section under 'Table of Contents' on isotopes and radioactivity.
- Understanding Radiation From the National Safety Council.
- Atomic Theory Created by an international team of students. For upper high school grades or college - pretty complex. Clicking 'Next' at the bottom of the page gets you to pages on 'Natural Radioactivity' and 'Half Life and Radioactive Decay.'
- Virtual Labs and Simulations Interactive graphics representing nuclear events.
- Calculate the remaining life of a source
Related Links
Radiation and Health
- Estimate your annual radiation dose - from the Los Alamos National Laboratory site.
- Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the US Food and Drug Administration.
- Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident Health Effects from the Baylor College of Medicine.
- FEMA's page on nuclear hazards - including instructions on how to react to a nuclear power plant emergency.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (with the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Office of Human Radiation Experiments US Department of Energy
- Radiation Effects Research Foundation (formerly the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission) focuses on the study of health effects of radiation in survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site from the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.
- X-Ray WWW Server Links to sites related to X-Ray technology.
Research Sources
- Center for Defense Information - Includes coverage of nuclear issues.
- Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation II An Organization of the Institute for Responsible Management. A consortium of universities working to advance cost-effective cleanup and greater stakeholder understanding of the nation's nuclear weapons production facility waste sites.
- DOE Nevada's Home Page
- DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology
- DOE's Office of Science
- DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information
- FAQ on Nuclear Energy produced by Professor John McCarthy. Touches on issues that are commonly discussed in political venues.
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements, Inc.
- International Nuclear Information System
- International Nuclear Safety Center
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Neighborhood Environmental Watch Network
- National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
- National Nuclear Data Center Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- DOE's OpenNet System Access to recently declassified documents.
- Radiation Chemistry Data Center of the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory
- Radiation Safety Information Computational Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- US Department of Homeland Security Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Countermeasures
- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- University of Idaho - Research project on the drying of spent nuclear fuel at the Science, Mechanics, & Materials (SiMM) Laboratory at the Idaho Falls Center for Higher Education (IFCHE)
- University of Michigan: Links to sources related to radiation
University Web Sites
- MIT - Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering
- Oregon State University - Department of Nuclear Engineering & Radiation Health Physics
- Texas A&M University - Department of Nuclear Engineering
- University of California, Berkeley - Department of Nuclear Engineering
- University of Florida - Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
Professional Organizations
- American Nuclear Society
- National Safety Council
- Radiation Research Society
- Radiological Society of North America
- World Nuclear Association
- Member Organizations of the International Nuclear Information System