A short PowerPoint on a unit about radioactivity.

1. Radioactivity
By Nathan Wood

2. The Learners
Ninth grade (14 – 16 years old)
80% Caucasian, 15% African American, 4% Hispanic, 1% Asian
60% male and 40% female
Variable family social status
5% have a learning disability
3% have a mental impairment

3. Objective
The ninth-grade science students will be able to describe the various
forms of radioactive decay, the history of radioactive decay, and the uses
of radioactivity with 80% accuracy following the five day lesson utilizing
discussions, WebQuests, readings, videos, robotics, graphing, podcasts,
pictures, posters, and written work.

4. Day by Day
Day One: The Radioactive Decay Process: A bell ringer on Twitter, an article linked in
the class Wikispaces, a YouTube video, a radioactive decay chart, a poster to
lead discussion, and Facebook for makeup work.
Day Two: The History of Radioactive Decay: A bell ringer on Twitter, a short YouTube
video on Marie Curie, a WebQuest utilizing Zunal, an article with questions
in the class blog, and Facebook for makeup work
Day Three Radioactive Decay and Half-Life: A bell ringer on the class Twitter, a digital
image to generate discussion, an article linked in the class Wikispaces, a
chart and Excel to graph half-life, a podcast on radioactive decay
(completing a Shape-Up), and Facebook for makeup work

5. Day by Day Continued
Day Four The Uses of Radioactive Decay: A bell ringer on the class Twitter, a
WebQuest on Weebly, Slideshares on the class Wikispaces, Zello, and
Facebook for makeup work.
Day Five Radioactive Robots: A bell ringer on the class Twitter, robotics, and a
WebQuest utilizing Microsoft Word on the class Facebook for those who
missed class.

6. Technology
Internet
YouTube
Podcast
Excel
Word
WebQuests: Zunal, Word, and Weebly
Wikispaces
Twitter
Slideshare
Facebook
Digital Images
PowerPoint Poster
Blogger
Zello
Robotics

7. References
Gilbert, T., Kirss, R., Foster, N., & Davies, G. (2012). Chemistry: The
Science in Context (3rd ed., pp. 996-1027). New York, NY: W.
W. Norton & Company.
Astronomy Cast. (2012, June 22). Radioactive Decay [Audio
podcast]. Retrieved from http://www.astronomycast.com
/2012/06/ep-263-radioactive-decay/