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Interactive
Vision Learning

Vision Learning: Nuclear Fusion

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive concept simulation demonstrates the nuclear fusion of deuterium and tritium inside a tokamak reactor.
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Website
Texas A&M University

Texas a & M University: Nuclear Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the website for the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A & M University. It focuses on the Nuclear Engineering program, and current news about the field.
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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: Chinese Nuclear History

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of documents showing the history of nuclear power in China.
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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: North Korean Nuclear History

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source documents that explore North Korea's nuclear history.
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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: Indian Nuclear History

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of digital documents analyzing the nuclear history of India.
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Website
University of Michigan

Department of Nuclear Engineering at U of M

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the website of the Department of Nuclear Engineering at University of Michigan. There a links to academics, research, degree programs, etc.
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Website
NBC

Msnbc: Iran Recommits to Nuclear Arms

For Students 9th - 10th
Report on Iran's commitment to a nuclear arms control treaty insisting that they be allowed to pursue a nuclear program for peaceful purposes. The US and allies believe Iran is developing atomic weapons. Of particular interest is the...
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Website
Other

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

For Students 9th - 10th
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is an independent agency of the government. This site is their homepage.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Social Responsibility: Teachable Moment: North Korea

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides case studies, discussion questions, and a group activity about the on-going crisis between the United States and North Korea. Students will learn about all of the treaties and compromises made over the past few...
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Article
NBC

Msnbc: Putin Urges Iran to Accept Nuclear Proposals

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion about how Vladimir Putin is pressuring Iran to accept the UN security council's nuclear package. States that Russia and China are opposed to sanctions but they will go along with the Security Council if that is what they...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Atomic Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will explain the law of conservation of mass, the law of definite proportions, and the law of multiple proportions. They will also...
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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Cell Nucleus

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the structure and function of the nucleus. Students will learn about the structures associated with the nucleus like the nuclear envelop, the nucleolus,...
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Primary
US National Archives

Our Documents: Test Ban Treaty (1963)

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains all the text and images of the original document. Also includes a summary of the history behind the signing of this treaty.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Fusion and Fission

For Students 9th - 10th
Given diagrams, illustrations, symbols, or descriptions, student will distinguish between nuclear fusion and nuclear fission.
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Website
Other

Welcome to the Cns Website

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource from the Non Nuclear Proliferation Studies. Provides links to news items, publications and content related to the arms race.
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Graphic
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Proton Proton Fusion

For Students 11th - 12th
A look at the reaction that fuels the Sun with this diagram of the nuclear fusion process.
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Website
Other

History of Uss Nautilus (Ssn 571)

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains information about the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine.
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Handout
Digital History

Digital History: Cuban Missile Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
In October 1962, the Soviet Union and the United States went eyeball-to-eyeball and were on the brink of nuclear war. Surveillance photographs taken by a U-2 spy plane over Cuba revealed that the Soviet Union was installing...
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Website
Other

Greenpeace: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site about the Green Peace organization.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Beta Decay

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why beta decay occurs, its dangers, beta-minus and beta-plus decay and how to write a balanced nuclear equation for beta decay.
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Website
Other

Nagasaki University: Medical Effects of the Atomic Bomb at Nagasaki

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides data about the physical destruction of Nagasaki, the medical aspect, and survivor stories.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Anthropocene

For Students 9th - 10th
What kind of evidence could demonstrate that humans have begun to dominate and alter the life systems of Earth and have entered a new geological epoch? This article discusses the suggestion that we have entered the Anthropocene and...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Energy Through Time

For Students 9th - 10th
The quest for energy has always been a balancing act. As humans have gained greater control over their environment, they've found abundant resources - and faced numerous challenges. This article traces the history of our quest for energy.
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Handout
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

Seco: Environmental Pollutants From Electricity Production [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
Facts about some major environmental pollutants produced by power plants, and what consumers can do to lower the carbon footprint from their energy use.