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REPORT RESUMES ED 018 401 SE 004 590 NUCLEAR SCIENCE, AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE. BY- SULCOSKII JOHN W. WILKES...BARRE CITY SCHOOLS, PA. PUB DATE $7 GRANT OEG.4...7.40349747413 EDRS PRICE MF -$0.50 HC -$3.31 SIP. DESCRIPTORS- *ATOMIC THEORY, *CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, *CHEMISTRY' *CURRICULUM GUIDES, *LABORATORYSAFETY, *NUCLEAR PHYSICS, *PHYSICAL SCIENCES, *PHYSICS, *TEACHING GUIDES, AUDIOVISUAL AIDS, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, BIOLOGY, CURRICULUM,FILMS, SCIENCE EQUIPMENT, SCIENCE MATERIALS, SCIENCE ACTIVITIES, SCIENCE FACILITIES, WILKES...BARRE CITY SCHOOLS, THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE DESCRIBES A TWELFTH -GRADE INTERDISCIPLINARY' INTRODUCTORY NUCLEAR SCIENCE COURSE. ITIS BELIEVED TO FILL THE NEED FOR AN ADVANCED COURSE THATIS TIMELY, CHALLENGING, AND APPROPRIATE AS ASEQUENTIAL ADDITION TO THE BIOLOGYCHEMISTRY.PHYSICS SEQUENCE. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION COVERS SUCH MATTERS AS (I) RADIOISOTOPE WORK AREAS,(2) NUCLEAR SCIENCE LABORATORY,(3) PURCHASING EQUIPMENT, (4) CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION OF EQUIPMENT, (5) LICENSING AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, (B) STANDARDSFOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION, AND (7) THE SAFEUSE OF RADIOISOTOPES. THE SECOND PART OF THE DOCUMENT PRESENTSA SUGGESTED SYLLABUS FOR A ONE- SEMESTER COURSE IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE, AND INCLUDES (1.) CONTENT OUTLINE, (2) LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS, (3) TEXTPTFERENCES, AND (4) AUDIOVISUAL AIDS (ANNOTATED FILM LISTS). SUPPLEMENTARY SECTIONS INCLUDE (I) NUCLEAR SCIENCEREFERENCE MATERIALS, (I) ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)PUBLICATIONS, (3) FILMSTRIPS PREPARED BY THE RADIATION SCIENCESEMINAR STAFF, (4) AEC FILM SERIES, (5) SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS FORHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS USING THE CIVIL DEFENSE V -TOO GEIGER COUNTER, (B) AUTORADIOGRAPHY PROCESSING FORMULAS, (7) NUCLEAR EDUCATION EQUIPMENT, AND (S) NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES. (OH) THIS DOCUMENT HAS IfEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE NUCLEASCIENCE anintroductoryPOSITIONSTATEDPERSON DOOR ON ORGANIZATIONr. POLICYidECESSARILY course ORIGINATING REPRESENT IT OITICIAlPOINTS OFFICE Of VIEW Of EDUCATION OR OPINIONS PREPARED BY THE STAFF VO RadiationWilkes-BarreTitle III ScienceCity ESEA Schools, ProjectSeminarGrantee V)*1.N9 I. 111.1=1. 1 $ I IP IsS a I s NUCLEARan introductory SCIENCE course RadiationJOHNPREPARED W. SULCOSKI,Science BY THE STAFF SeminarDirector TheWelfare.Grant work from Grant presented the U. No. S. OEGOffice or reported of 3-7-703497-3783Education, herein wasDept. performed ofProject Health, No. pursuantEducation 67-03497-0 toand a /WILKES-BARREWALTER C. WOOD, CITY SCHOOLS, Superintendent Grantee ROBERT FRENCH, Coordinator of Federal Programs 1 RADIATIONSCIENCE CONSULTANTSDr. Ralph T. Overman SEMINARStaff Dr.Chairman,Former Grafton Director, D.Department Chase Oakof Nuclear Ridgeof Radiochemistry Institute Studies Mr.Science JohnHighWilkes-Barre, Sulcoski, SchoolCoordinator, Director Pa. Coughlin Dr.PhiladelphiaDuquesneChairman, Mitchell University Department Borke College of BionucleonicsPharmacy & Science Mr.Science StephenSchoolBethlehem, Supervisor, District Rituper, Pa. SeniorBethlehem Lecturer Area LABORATORYMr.Coughlin Joseph INSTRUCTORS MoranHigh School, WilkesBarre, Pa. Mr.Science TamaquaH.Tamaqua, Bruce Supervisor Geiger,Area Pa. School Lecturer District, Mr.SisterSt. Thomas NicholasM. Cletus, G. Murray High S.C.C. School, WilkesBarre, Pa. Mr.(Phys. FrankScienceMeyers Sciences)Wilkes-Barre, Wempa, Coordiriaitor, High LaboratorySchool, Pa. Director Mr.MeyersScranton Frank HighJ. Public Rash School, Schools, WilkesBarre, Scranton, Pa.Pa. Mr.(Bio. WilliamChairmanScranton Sciences)Scranton, Murray, of Preparatory Science Pa. Lab. Department Director School, 2 Dr.Evaluation WilliamAdministrativeWm.Allentown, AllenSharkan, And HighWriting Assistant Pa. School, Coordinator TABLE OF CONTENTS NUCLEARPREFACE SCIENCE=01111MNIMINDIMMIMMIN=14N~INN.M.INIMMIMNIONPIMI=1111N. AND THE CURRICULUM -------------- 54 RADIATION1. LaboratorySAFETY techniques 15 NUCLEAR1. SCIENCERadioisotope IN THE workLABORATORY areas --- 6 2.3. DecontaminationWaste disposal 2.3. AdaptingDesigning existingnuclear laboratorieslaboratories NUCLEARSUGGESTED SCIENCE NUCLEAR TEXTS SCIENCE AND SYLLABUSLABORATORY----------- MANUALS -6719 5.4. PurchasingConstruction equipment and modification of equipment AUDIO-VISUALREFERENCE TEXTS AIDS------------------------------=WINMIN01m1MOMMINNNMNINIMM=N41100.N.OM6967 LICENSING AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS 11 AUTORADIOGRAPHYSIMPLE EXPERIMENTS PROCESSING FOR HIGH FORMULASSCHOOL------------- -- ---- --7671 2.1. 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    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 071 911 SE 015 548 TITLE Project Physics Teacher Guide 6, The Nucleus. INSTITUTION Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass. Harvard Project Physics. SPONS AGENCY Office of Education (DHEW) Washington, D.C. Bureau of Research. BUREAU NO BR-5-1038 PUB DATE 68 CONTRACT OEC-5-10-058 NOTE 235p.; Authorized Interim Version EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-S9.87 DESCRIPTORS Instructional Materials; *Multimedia Instruction; *Nuclear Physics; Physics; *Radiation; Science Activities; Secondary Grades; *Secondary School Science; *Teaching Glides; Teaching Procedures IDENTIFIERS Harvard Project Physics ABSTRACT Teaching procedures of Project Physics Unit 6are presented to help teachers make effectiveuse of learning materials. Unit contents are discussed in connection withteaching aid lists, multi-media schedules, schedule blocks, andresource charts. Brief summaries are made for transparencies, 16mm films, and reader articles. Included is information about the backgroundand development of each unit chapter, procedures in demonstrations, apparatus operations, notes on the student handbook, andan explanation of film loops. Additional articlesare concerned with objects dated by radiocarbon, radiation safety, propertiesof radiations, radioactive sources, radioactivity determinationby electroscopes, and radiation detecting devices.Scalers, counters, Geiger tubes, and cadmium selenide photocellsare analyzed; and a bibliography of references is given, Solutionsto the study guide are provided in detail, and answers to test itemsare suggested. The sixth unit of the text, with marginal commentson each section, is also compiled in the manual. The work of Harvard ProjectPhysics has . been financially supported by: the Carnegie Corporation ofNew York, the Ford Foundation, the National Science Foundation,the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the United States office of Education,and Harvard University.