Knowledge and Understanding of Radioactivity
- Created By Philip Jones
- Last Updated October 24th, 2024
* Self-paced course with fifteen modules – to be completed at your own pace.
These ‘engaging’ physics courses are aimed at teachers who are non-specialists who want to develop their subject knowledge and learn about ‘easy to implement’ strategies to engage their students.
Module 1: Discovery of radioactivity |
Module 2: Radium water jars |
Module 3: Radium girls |
Module 4: Development of atomic theory |
Module 5: Good use of models |
Module 6: Background radiation |
Module 7: Measuring count rate |
Module 8: Spark counter |
Module 9: Radiation lab |
Module 10: Ionisation model |
Module 11: Irradiation and contamination |
Module 12: Randomness of radioactive decay |
Module 13: Half-life |
Module 14: Nuclear fission |
Module 15: Nuclear reactor |