Video explaining the process, risks, and benefits of radioactivity. [4:16] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.

Given illustrations, diagrams, or descriptions, students will identify alpha, beta, or gamma radiation.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Study the basics of radioactive decay and the properties of atomic nuclei in Marie Curie's laboratory and classroom. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available. [3:32]

This site, in German, offers numerous apps that illustrate common physics principles. Apps are organized into categories: mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, physics of...

This site provides a great series on the neutron discovered by James Chadwick. Includes a seven-page series that covers what is inside the nucleus, the elusive neutron, beryllium radiation, Chadwick's discovery, neutrons from beryllium,...

A look at where the Higgs boson exists within the Standard Model of particle physics. Explains forces in the Model (electromagnetism, strong nuclear force, and weak nuclear force) and offers thoughts on how the Higgs particle might be...

The students will evaluate their personal radiation dose. They will develop an understanding of the term radiation and how it relates to everyday life. The will simulate how radioactive material decays and apply the term half-life....

Take an interactive quiz over radioactivity. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.

In this interactive, learn about sources of both beneficial and harmful radiation which exist in many forms all around us.

Read this passage and study the graphics to complete a five-question quiz on the characteristics of various therapeutic radioisotopes.

This site includes brief Chemistry tutorials on how to simulate experiments illustrating a number of different topics.

A look at where the Higgs boson exists within the Standard Model of particle physics. Explains forces in the Model (electromagnetism, strong nuclear force, and weak nuclear force) and offers thoughts on how the Higgs particle might be...

Enrico Fermi was a titan of twentieth-century physics. He outlined the statistical laws that govern the behavior of particles that abide by the Pauli exclusion principle and developed a theoretical model of the atom in his mid-twenties....

Interesting information including: average annual dosage, radioactivity in space, in the human body, and in the oceans.

A brief examination of the Chart of the Nuclides and unstable nuclei.

Read a passage about alcohol production and absorption and answer the follow-up questions to practice for the MCAT.