Lesson: Sources of Radiation Science

In this lesson, we will learn how to identify different sources of nuclear radiation.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

recognise that nuclear radiation is naturally produced by the Earth and by objects in space.
recognise that radioactive material has been released by nuclear weapons tests and nuclear reactor accidents.

Q1:

Which of the following correctly describes the relation between nuclear waste and nuclear radiation?

Q2:

When an accident occurs at a nuclear reactor, which of the following is the main health risk for people living far away from the nuclear reactor?

Q3:

From which of the following does cosmic nuclear radiation originate?