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Do Some Research: Who discovered Radium?
In this researching radium worksheet, students discover who discovered it, write a short report, and draw a picture. Students compete three activities.
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Selected Elements
This collection consists of a slide on each of the following unrelated, but fascinating elements: einsteinium, curium, radium, radon, nobelium, seaborgium, silicon, magnesium, and postassium. You will not find detailed information on the...
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The Radium Girls
In this radium worksheet, 7th graders determine the substance used to make the dials of watches glow in the early 1900's. Then they explain why radium glows and what the three most common types of emissions from radioactive nuclei and...
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Calculating Half-Lives
In this calculating half-lives learning exercise, students will use a table with a list of various isotopes and their half-lives to answer 5 problems.
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How Does Radon Get Into Your Home?
For this radon worksheet, learners identify the sources of radon in their home and the factors that effect the radon concentrations inside. Students draw a diagram of their house and illustrate potential routes of radon entry. They...
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Elements Families 1, 2, 17, And 18
In this word search worksheet, students locate 21 elements from families 1, 2, 17, and 18. Elements include sodium, lithium, krypton, argon, and radium.
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Madame Marie Curie & The Science of Radioactivity
A student-created, yet comprehensive 37-slide presentation on the life and contributions of Marie Curie awaits your upcoming chemists! With plenty of photographs, this resource introduces the woman who is responsible for our early...
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Groups of Elements
Element groups are located in the periodic table by blinking on and off. A slide is then dedicated to each of the groups, explaining which elements are included and what common chemical properties they share. This topic is presented in...
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Joseph Priestley, Discoverer of Oxygen
Do you want to hear a joke about nitrogen and oxygen? NO. We all know there is oxygen in the air and that plants produce oxygen, but how was it discovered? Scholars read a handout, answer questions, and analyze material in the...
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Basic Periodic Table of the Elements
This basic, black-and-white printable is a copy of the periodic table of elements. It includes the standard element name, symbol, atomic number, and atomic weight. Across the bottom is an explanation that says for elements without stable...
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What is the Relationship Between Radioactivity and Radon?
In this radon and radioactivity worksheet, high schoolers analyze the data of the isotopes of elements that occur in the decay series of uranium-238. Students answer 6 questions about the isotopes, their half-lives, their potential...
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Math in Science-Radioactive Decay and Half-Life
In this radioactive decay and half-life instructional activity, students use given half-lifes to calculate the amount of time it will take for certain amounts of elements to decay. They also find the age of samples and determine how many...
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Marie Curie and the Naming of a Unit
In this radioactivity learning exercise, students read about scientists who contributed to the discovery of radioactivity and radioactive elements. They read about Marie Curie and her contributions to science and the unit the "curie"...
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Cancer Causes
Students explore why people get cancer. They explore human cells by taking a close examine their own. take a small sample of the epithelial cells that line the inside of their mouth. They glimpse how scientists investigate inside cells.
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Final Worksheet
High schoolers will review a semesters worth of material on this final chemistry review. Information ranges from naming isotopes to pH and molarity.
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An Introduction to Space Radiation
In this space radiation worksheet, students read about the various types of radiation humans are exposed to. Students answer 5 questions based on the reading. They calculate the amount of energy gained when exposed to a certain amount of...
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Cancer Treatments
Students explore the different kinds of treatments available for cancer and what their dangers or side effects are. They discover how often patients get treated, and how expensive the treatments are.
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How Our Water Becomes Polluted
Students list causes of water pollution, discuss how people contribute to water pollution, and explain concept of watershed.
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50 Common Elements
In this chemistry worksheet, students can read the fifty common elements as a resource for abbreviations and names of them. This is an information sheet.
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Radiation Crossword Puzzle
In this radiation activity, learners complete a crossword puzzle by figuring out the vocabulary terms associated with the 25 clues given.
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Nuclear Chemistry
In this nuclear chemistry worksheet, high schoolers solve nine decay problems. They determine what forms in each problem given the radioactive element.
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What Do People Know About Radon?
In this radon worksheet, students read a short newspaper article about radon. Students complete 7 pages of exercises about the article. Students answer questions, define words, conduct a survey and tally the data.
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Understanding Radon Detection
For this understanding radon detection worksheet, 6th graders read 8 facts about radon, make observations about and draw pictures of hidden objects, use a chart of elements to answer questions about radon.
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Radioactive Samples
Students examine the different types of radioactivity. In this radioactive samples lesson students complete a lab activity on radiation and complete a handout.