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V. Noto; Publisher: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Produced by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the ABC's of Nuclear Science site gives students a good general overview of nuclear science. Through descriptions and…
  
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An introduction to nuclear fission, its controlled release in power stations, problems of nuclear waste, and nuclear accidents. A linked web page discusses nuclear weapons, their…
  
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This model, rewritten to HTML5, promotes understanding of isotopes by providing a simple way to model isotopes of the first 10 elements in the Periodic Table. In the most basic…
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This guided inquiry tutorial for upper-division physics and/or astronomy introduces students to various factors that influence the average surface temperature of a planet. First,…
  
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Publisher: CBS News
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When a pair of scientists first introduced cold nuclear fusion in 1989 as a source of almost limitless energy, the scientific community quickly discredited the experiments. In some…
  
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This lesson plan by an experienced high school physics teacher was created specifically to accompany the PhET simulation "Alpha Decay". It is intended for students who have had prior…
  
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Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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This is a multimedia overview of RPS (radioisotope power systems), a type of nuclear energy technology that uses heat to produce electricity for powering spacecraft. The heat is…
  
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Publisher: Annenberg Foundation
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This is Unit 1 of the free digital course "Physics for the 21st Century", aimed at secondary science teachers, high school physics students, and adult learners. Unit 1 explores…
  
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This is Unit 2 of the free digital course "Physics for the 21st Century", aimed at secondary teachers and adult learners. Unit 2 explores interactions between particles -- the forces…
  
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This Project-Based Learning module for Grades 7-10 explores the properties of Nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy with shape memory that is representative of "smart materials". It…
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