The document describes a three-step activity where students learn about three types of radiation: alpha, beta, and gamma. In step one, students research one type and create a video answering how it forms, four properties, two uses, and what properties enable those uses. In step two, students summarize videos from two groupmates on types they didn't research. In step three, students discuss each type without notes, ranking harmfulness and debating if other radiations could substitute in the discussed uses.

1. Radiation
A Video Sharing Jigsaw Activity

2. Video Sharing Jigsaw Activity
Step 1: Create a video
 Get into groups of three, assign each group member a number
from one to three
 All ones research alpha radiation, all twos research beta
radiation, all threes research gamma radiation.
 A one to two minute video is to be made on any device and then
shared with your group mates. The video should answer the
following questions:
 How is the radiation is formed
 What are four unique properties of the radiation (e.g. speed, ionising
ability, charge, penetration ability)
 What are two uses of the radiation
 What properties of the radiation make it applicable for this use

3. Video Sharing Jigsaw Activity
Step 2: Summarise group mates video
 From your two group mates videos on two different forms of
radiation to your own, answer the same questions which you
answered whilst making your video, being:
 How is the radiation is formed
 What are four unique properties of the radiation (e.g. speed, ionising
ability, charge, penetration ability)
 What are two uses of the radiation
 What properties of the radiation make it applicable for this use
 In class tomorrow we will form our groups and discuss the
findings

4. Video Sharing Jigsaw Activity
Step 3: Analyse Results
 Form your groups which you undertook the task with. Without
using your notes, each student discuss for roughly one minute a
radiation type, properties and uses of a radiation which you did
not initially research
 As a group answer the following question:
 Rank the harmfulness of each radiation type to humans and discuss why
 Each radiation has two discussed uses, e.g. there should be six uses of the
radiation in total. Discuss whether another form of radiation could be
used for the same purpose. Why or why not?