Science+in+Society-+Atomic+Energy

WELCOME TO TRIMESTER 3!

Feb 28 Warm up Introduction to new unit- It's the Bomb! Kaboom - video and notes NO HW

March 3 Completing discussion on Einstein and role in 1930's Science

March 8 Webquest - Fission and Fusion - complete research questions based on your group assigned [|Webquest here]

March 10 Fission and Fusion - notes/discussion/video clips Complete reading Chapter handout pg. 96-100 Complete blue sheet for Sunday This is the important vocabulary you need to know for this unit.

March 14 Review blue sheet on fission and fusion- keep until Tuesday Dominos Chain Reaction activity- turn in completed sheets! Hand out rubric for Fission/Fusion Comparison Activity - due Thursday 3/18 - choose one - Venn Diagram poster or Model [|Fission/Fusion] [|H Bomb Test] [|H Bomb Test] Open this - to comple rest of assignment:

These links may help" [|Manhattan Project] [|Nuclear Weapon Archive - scroll down to Manhattan Project]

March 18 Hiroshima and Nagasaki- Radioactivity - complete sheet Fission/Fusion Activity due Monday 3/21 Written Assessment on unit on Wednesday 3/25 Lab Activity: [|Use this link - assess damage due to an explosion - write on the back of sheet 1 fact from each link]

March 22 Share Fission/Fusion Activity in small groups Turn in rubric for activity - Model or Venn Diagram Discuss ethical issues - written responses

March 24 Fission/Fusion final written quiz MYTHBUSTERS - using the scientific method- complete sheet in class and turn in