CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Nuclear Radiation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate the characteristics of radioactive emissions, and then complete equations involving radioactive decay when given pertinent information.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Acute Radiation Syndrome
Information about acute radiation sickness, also known as acute radiation syndrome.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: About Radiation Emergencies
Frequently asked questions about radiation that answer how to protect yourself in a radiation emergency, what happens during an exposure, and how exposures usually occur.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Thermal Radiation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How thermal energy is transferred by thermal radiation and sources of thermal radiation.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Radiation Emergencies What Should I Do?
When and how to shelter in place during a radiation emergency.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys Radiata)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the radiated tortoise, a critically endangered species. Discusses their classification and evolution, physical appearance, distribution and habitat, behavior and lifestyle, life cycle, diet,...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Radiated Tortoise O Logy Card
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find fast facts, questions and answers, and other bite-size pieces of information about the radiated tortoise.
The Guardian
Guardian: Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Radiation at Highest Level Since Meltdown
The Japanese nuclear plant has to begin a lengthy decommissioning project. Concerns are growing over the radiation levels that have been rising since the plant's meltdown after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
Explains the concept of heat transfer and describes conduction, convection, and radiation which are the three modes of heat transfer. Includes formulas, examples, and applications.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Is Radiation Dangerous?
Matt Anticole describes the different types of radiation. [5:20]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Light and Electromagnetic Radiation Questions
Questions pertaining to light and electromagnetic radiation.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Physics: Radiation Quantities and Units
Play ball using your knowledge of radiation quantities and units.
Idaho State University
Idaho State University: Radiation Measurement
A brief introduction to units of radiation measurement.
Other
World Nuclear Association: Radiation and Life
This article presents illustrations and a general discussion about radiation.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is Radiation?
How can radiation both be a cure for and a cause of cancer? Find out what radiation actually is.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Types of Radiation
Explains how radiation is produced and the characteristics of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.
Libre Text
Libre Texts: Physics: Hawking Radiation
A review of the theory of how black holes radiate. Understand the explanation of the mechanism responsible for Hawking radiation.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Extinction and Radiation of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how species die out and how new ones evolve to fill the vacant niches.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Extinction and Radiation of Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how species die out, and how new ones evolve to fill the vacant niches.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Blackbody Radiation
This program will produce the blackbody radiation curve for one or two objects when the student inputs the temperature(s) in kelvin. The program will also display on the curve the peak frequency and wavelength when one object is selected.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Geochelone Radiata (Radiated Tortoise)
Site contains information on the Geochelone radiata (Radiated Tortoise). Includes geographic range, habitat, physical description, reproduction, food habits, and conservation status.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Conduction, Convection, and Radiation
Guess the letters with this thermal energy transfer spinner game.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Atmospheric Processes: Radiation
In this activity, students investigate how different surfaces absorb heat and apply their experience with the surfaces to interpret real-world situations. From this information, they come to understand that the physical characteristics...
Stanford University
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lab
Provides a complete description of the facility and the research that goes on there. The "Synchrotron Radiation Primer" describes the basics of the topic.
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