DOE Lesson Material – The Harnessed Atom
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This is a detailed teacher’s guide to teaching nuclear science and energy to middle school students in a textbook format, including game and classroom activities.

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1
Topics:
  • Nuclear 101
  • Nuclear Power
  • Nuclear Waste Management
  • Radiation Protection & Health Physics
  • STEM – General
Target Audience:
  • Secondary School Students
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Ready-To-Go Event
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Activity or Demonstration
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This is a detailed teacher’s guide to teaching nuclear science and energy to middle school students in a textbook format. Includes reading text with definitions and fun photos and infographics, lesson plans, instructor notes, interactive games, classroom activities, laboratory experiments, and more! This is a 2016 update to the 1985 curriculum. 

You can provide this to your local school teachers, or present one lesson at a classroom outreach visit, or use some of the interactive games at an outreach event!

Includes lessons on the following topics:

Lesson 1 – Energy Basics

Lesson 2 – Electricity Basics

Lesson 3 – Atoms and Isotopes

Lesson 4 – Ionizing Radiation

Lesson 5 – Fission, Chain Reactions

Lesson 6 – Atom to Electricity

Lesson 7 – Waste from Nuclear Power Plants

Lesson 8 – Concerns

Lesson 9 – Energy and You

Lesson 10 – ReviewPre-test and Post-test

Preparation time is needed just to determine what material to use. You can use one lesson or activity idea for a brief outreach activity, or use all the lessons to fill a long summer camp or school week!

Link to the textbook is at the bottom of the webpage linked below.

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