A Blast From the Past With Nuclear Chemistry

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A Blast From the Past With Nuclear Chemistry

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After students have studied the basics of fusion and fission as well as the splitting of the atom, groups of three choose a nuclear chemistry topic to research, finding the “what, how, where, and why” of their subject. After conducting their research, students use the free Web 2.0 tool Timetoast to construct an online timeline that features fifteen important facts with images and captions about their topic. Students then use the timelines to present their newly acquired knowledge to the class.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
8. Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines and explain how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content and organize information.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
13. Synthesize multiple sources of information (including diverse media), evaluate the credibility and accuracy of each source, and share information orally.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
24. Evaluate the credibility of sources in terms of authority, relevance, accuracy, and purpose.

a. Assess the usefulness of written information to answer a research question, solve a problem, or take a position.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
27. Synthesize research results, using responsible, ethical practices to gather information, and write clear, coherent products demonstrating command of language that is suitable for the target audience and purpose.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
29. Compose clear, coherent writing that incorporates information from a variety of scholarly and non-scholarly sources and demonstrates a clear position on a topic, answers a research question, or presents a solution to a problem.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 11
30. Synthesize research using responsible and ethical practices to create and orally present clear, coherent products demonstrating command of language that is suitable for the target audience and purpose.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
8. Read, analyze, and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines and explain how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content and organize information.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
13. Evaluate the credibility and accuracy of sources from diverse media and/or formats and then use multiple suitable sources of information to develop an idea or further a position.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
24. Evaluate the credibility of sources in terms of authority, relevance, accuracy, and purpose.

a. Assess the usefulness of written information to answer a research question, solve a problem, or take a position.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
27. Synthesize research results, using responsible, ethical practices to gather information, and write clear, coherent products demonstrating command of language that is suitable for the target audience and purpose.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
29. Compose clear, coherent writing that incorporates information from a variety of scholarly and non-scholarly sources and demonstrates a clear position on a topic, answers a research question, or presents a solution to a problem.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 12
30. Synthesize research using responsible and ethical practices to create and orally present clear, coherent products demonstrating command of language that is suitable for the target audience and purpose.
Tags: atom, chemistry, collaboration, interactive, interactive timeline, nuclear chemistry, presentation, research, timeline, writing
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