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. Specific-LicenseGeneral-License quantitiesquantities NUCLEAREQUIPMENTEDUCATION SUPPLIERSEQUIPMENT----------------------------------7978 3 PREFACE theSince New Mexicothe first desert atomic in 1945,explosion the atomshattered has never the stillnessbeen more overin the madepubliccations life eye. than easier theSince forunfortunates then, the worldthe radioisotope whopopulace lost their through has lives saved its in peacefulmore its livesmilitaryappli- and applications.In those twenty years, the applications of radioactivity nowFrom the electricaltouchtests, our few daily phenomenapower lives to thehave in radiation-gauged anyielded unheralded man so yet much.newsprint massiveYet manner. tothe the term thyroid "radio- soundotheractive" term.of stillthe word. Thestrikes misinformedThe terror most inandappalling the uninformed minds and of disappointing almostmen as quakeprobably atfact theno of program,Duringall is thethat the instructional thetemerity majority in handlingphaseof science of theradioactive teachers "Radiation fall materials Science into this wasSeminar" category.far greatercurriculumThe staffamong guide ofthe "Radiation willteachers help thanScienceerase the this Seminar"student fearful hopesparticipants. attitude that thisand promote 4 the educational use of radioisotopes in our schools. NuclearWithin Science the andpast the decade, Curriculum a noticeable trend metthatcourses when the ratherheneeds is exposedofthan the a studentspecializedto a wide will variety track, be far especiallyof greater survey Thischemistryschoolscoursein the sequence sequencenations'schoolsbiology at the leaves isdown10th, taught aone andscienceis grade, atthatphysics the elective of so9th movingatthat gradethe openin the11th. level,some inusual the havesoinception. early pursued in his this educational policy successfully career. 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