Radiation Effects on People

DAY 1
Get into a group of 3 or 4 and brainstorm on topics related to Radiation and its effect on people.
There are positive effects of radiation, such as for the following:  Your topics are not limited to the following topics but these are some ideas:

Pure research in radiation:  discovering elements
Discovering DNA using x-ray diffraction
Nuclear Power plants save energy
Nuclear medicine
-   using isotopes for cancer treatment
-   isotopes for imaging and diagnosis (breast cancer, x-rays, angiograms etc)
-   using subatomic particles to treat eye cancer at TRIUMF

There are negative effects:
The atomic bomb story. making the bomb
aftereffects of the bomb - victim impact Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Nuclear accidents - Chermobyl and other nuclear melt-downs
Japanese Tsunami and the radiation leak from nuclear power plants
Contamination of the ecosystem

ON A PIECE OF PAPER:
WRITE DOWN YOUR IDEAS ON THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS. Read the books provided by our librarian and come up with four proposals for a group presentation:
2 proposals deal with negative effects
2 proposals deal with positive effects

hand in this paper for 5 marks today

Nuclear Reactions Worksheet Answer key

radiation worksheet answers are here

Fusion and Fission notes and Answer Key - There will be a quiz next period

Here are the Fusion and Fission notes 

Radioactive unit exam study guide  and Answer key

Here is the powerpoint on the nuclear bomb

Quiz for 1-2 will take place Tuesday, Jan 15
Quiz  for 2-2   will take place Wed, Jan 16