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This unit bundle contains all eight of our nuclear physics and radioactivity resources. You will find everything you need for engaging your students in these fundamental topics: ready-to-use presentations, detailed notes, lots of practice worksheets, an online lab, 12 quizzes and 4 tests. Your students will also enjoy our fun crossword puzzle that is great for review. Products included in this bundle: (1) Isotopes (2) Decay Equations (3) Half-life (4) Decay Graphs (5) Decay Law (6) Radioactivity

This product contains quizzes and tests for nuclear physics and radioactivity. The assessments cover isotopes, types of radioactive decay, half-life, activity, graphing and interpreting decay data, carbon-14, decay law and carbon-14 dating. This resource is also included in our Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity Complete Unit Bundle which is available at a 30% discount. The following assessments are included in this product: (1) four quizzes covering isotopes and atomic structure. (2) four quizz

Contains everything you need for teaching a complete lesson on the exponential decay law for radioactive decay. Using the problem sets included in this resource your students will learn how to calculate (1) the half-life of radioactive isotopes, (2) their decay constants, (3) the activity and the number of nuclei remaining after a given time, (4) the activity and the number of nuclei in the original sample and (5) the time elapsed between measurements. These problems work well with all standard

Contains everything you need for a complete lesson on how to graph radioactive decay data to determine (1) the half-life of an isotope and (2) the amount of a sample of its activity after a given amount of time. The problems work well with all physics, chemistry and physical science curricula. These notes, worksheets and presentations are designed to be used with all of our radioactivity and nuclear physics resources. This resource is also included in our Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity Compl

Contains everything you need for a complete lesson on how to solve four types of simple radioactivity half-life problems: (1) calculating half-life, (2) calculating the amount of a sample remaining after a given amount of time, (3) calculating the amount of time needed for a sample to decay to a specific amount and (4) calculating the amount present in an original sample. The problems work well with all physics, chemistry and physical science curricula. These notes, worksheets and presentations

Contains everything you need for a complete lesson on how to write nuclear decay equations for alpha, beta minus, beta plus and gamma decay. Works well with all physics, chemistry and physical science curricula. These notes, worksheets and presentations are designed to be used with all of our radioactivity and nuclear physics resources. This resource is also included in our Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity Complete Unit Bundle which is available at a 30% discount. This resource includes: (1) T

Contains everything you need for a complete lesson on isotopes and atomic structure. Works well with all physics, chemistry and physical science curricula. These notes, worksheets and presentations are designed to be used with all of our radioactivity and nuclear physics resources. This resource is also included in our Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity Complete Unit Bundle which is available at a 30% discount. This resource includes: (1) Two pages of notes covering isotopes and atomic structure

Using the PhET Models of the Hydrogen Atom simulation, your students will investigate the structure of the hydrogen atom. By observing the absorption and emission of photons of light, they will learn about quantized energy levels and what the bright-line spectrum reveals about the atom’s inner structure. By collecting data for different historical and quantum models, your students will compare predictions to observed spectra and evaluate which model best explains reality. Get ready to explore ho

The PhET Sound Waves simulation will support your students in exploring how sound is produced, received, and travels through a medium. Students can manipulate frequency, amplitude, air pressure, and sources to observe wave behavior, interference patterns, and changes in loudness and pitch. Using this product combined with the PhET Sound Waves simulation supports inquiry-based learning and builds conceptual understanding of sound wave properties and behavior. The simulation has five different scr

This product contains quizzes and tests for universal gravitation, satellite motion and Kepler’s laws. The assessments cover a variety of topics including the universal gravitation, orbital velocity, orbital height, and Kepler’s third law of planetary motion. The following assessments are included in this product: (1) four quizzes covering the universal gravitation. (2) two quizzes covering satellite motion. (3) four quizzes covering Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. (4) two tests covering the

This resource contains six separate online labs utilizing the Buoyancy simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. Buoyancy Lab No. 1 - Floating, Sinking & the Buoyant Force Buoyancy Lab No. 2 - Forces and Buoyancy Buoyancy Lab No. 3 - Percent Submerged Buoyancy Lab No. 4 - What is the Buoyant Force? Buoyancy Lab No. 5 - Shapes Buoyancy Lab No. 6 - Applications These resources give students an opportunity to visually and interactively investigate many aspects of buoyancy such as floating and

This complete unit bundle contains all eleven of our products for electricity and electric circuits. This includes everything you need to teach a full unit on electric current, Ohm’s law and resistance as well as a full set of resources for teaching resistors in series, parallel and combination. In addition, you also get three of our PhET Simulation online labs and a full set of assessments with both quizzes and tests. For each of the topics in this bundle there is a complete set of clearly writ

This product contains quizzes and tests for electric circuits. The assessments cover resistors in series, parallel and combination. The assessments test students' ability to calculate voltage, current and equivalent resistance in a variety of resistor combinations. The following assessments are included in this product: (1) two quizzes covering resistors in series. (2) two quizzes covering resistors in parallel. (3) four quizzes covering resistors in combination. (4) four tests covering resistor

Dive into some fun spaghetti physics with our Making You the Scientist Oscillating Spaghetti experiment. You can do this science lab in almost any setting: in the classroom, during home schooling, as an online learning demonstration or just a fun thing to do with the kids on the weekend. Kids love working with spaghetti and clay and the experiment can be completed in a short period of time. My middle school students always enjoy this activity. All you need are a few different kinds of spaghetti

This set of 38 Electric Circuits Review Cards is a great resource to help your students review and reinforce important topics related to electric circuits. Each card contains one or more thoughtfully designed problems, starting with easier questions and progressing to more challenging ones, making it ideal for differentiated instruction or review at any level. The cards cover key concepts in circuit analysis including Ohm’s law and equivalent resistance for resistors in series, parallel and comb

Help your high school students master the concept of equivalent resistance with this engaging, no-prep resource! This product includes 15 problems of varying difficulty that support student understanding for finding equivalent resistance for resistors in series, parallel, and combination circuits. Designed for physics or physical science classes, the problems progress from simple series and parallel circuits to more complex combination circuits. This variety allows students to build confidence a

Bring electricity and electric circuits to life with these engaging online labs. Perfect for middle school and high school physical science or physics classes, these resource will guide your students through engaging hands-on virtual labs that make abstract concepts clear and understandable. These online labs include easy to follow instructions, notes, guiding questions, data collection and interpretation and summary questions, allowing teachers to implement the lessons with minimal preparation.

Looking for a ready to go set of physics resources for teaching these important concepts of electromagnetism? This bundle contains everything you need for teaching the Lorentz force and charged particles in electric and magnetic fields. For each topic you get a complete set of clearly written, concise notes that can be used as handouts for your students, and conceptual as well as calculation exercises that will assure your students have a deeper understanding of magnetic fields. You also get edi

Using the PhET Generator simulation and these inquiry based lab activities, your students will explore the principles of electromagnetic induction and electricity generation. The interactive simulation visually demonstrates how mechanical energy is converted into electrical energy as falling water is used to rotate a magnet adjacent to a coil of wire. As the magnet rotates, students observe how the changing magnetic field induces a voltage and a current in the coil of wire. A volt meter or light

Using the PhET simulation Magnets and Electromagnets and these inquiry based lab activities, your students will explore the principles of magnetism and electromagnetism through interactive experimentation. This product contains two separate labs: one for bar magnets and the other for electromagnets. These labs provide an excellent opportunity for students to compare and contrast the properties of these two types of magnets. The Bar Magnet lab will guide your students’ investigations as they chan