Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Chernobyl: Interviews From Inside a Nuclear Disaster Area

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Chernobyl: Interviews from Inside a Nuclear Disaster Area" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nuclear Reaction: Meltdown

For Students 9th - 10th
What happens when a nuclear reactor overheats? This video segment adapted from FRONTLINE looks at the nuclear reactor meltdown at Chernobyl, the worst accident of its kind.
Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Quake Leaves Destruction, Fear

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the triple disaster that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, with first an earthquake, then a tsunami, followed by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Explains some of the basic science behind nuclear fission.