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Middle School/Junior High
- National Energy Education Development Project Resources for both educators and students
- Glossary of Basic Radiation Terms
From Idaho State University
- Measuring Solar Radiation-Lesson Plan Educational material based on near real-time visualizations of atmospheric data from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program.
- Links to Educational Sources on Radiation EPA:RadTown USA
- Energy Kids page on Uranium (nuclear) energy From the U.S. Energy Information Administration
- Information and links on Fusion and Matter & Energy From company Easy Appliance Parts
- Harnessed Atom from the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
- Students' Corner Part of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's School Program. Includes lesson plans.
High School
(Difficulty levels are widely varied)- National Energy Education Development Project Resources for both educators and students
- neoK12: Educational Videos and Lessons for K-12 School Kids
- Nuclear Energy: the Good, the Bad, and the Debatable. Classroom material (pdf doc) written by Dr. Lana Aref, MIT, for the National Institute of Environmental Health.
- Glossary of Basic Radiation Terms From Idaho State University
- Radiation in Perspective From DOE Nevada Operations Office
- The Atomic Archive A site presented by company AJ Software & Multimedia.
- The ABC's of Nuclear Science From the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- Students' Corner Part of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's School Program. Includes lesson plans.
- The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere Explains radiation belts. An educational web site by David P. Stern (formerly with NASA) and Mauricio Peredo. Some material available in Spanish and French.
- Fusion Energy Educational Web Site Sponsored by company General Atomics. See the red bar for teacher and student resources.
- Understanding Radiation Understanding Radiation in our World: A Companion Guide for Teachers. Produced by the EPA. The associated activity booklet is not currently available from the EPA. As soon as we can locate a copy we will provide a link to it.
- Rad Pro Calculator converts between radioactivity units and many other radiological measurements.
- Metric Conversions converts between temperature units and other basic units of measurement.
- Radiation Information for Students and Teachers from the Environmental Protection Agency
- Teaching Resources: from the American Association of Physics Teachers.
Scholarships
- Search for scholarships at Scholarships.com. Requires you to set up a free account. Note: Many of these scholarships have requirements as to college, geographic location, group, or other category.
Higher Education
- Teaching Resources: from the American Association of Physics Teachers.
Related Links
Radiation and Health
- Ready America: the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security's emergency preparedness site.
- Estimate your annual radiation dose - from the Los Alamos National Laboratory site.
- Radiation Dose Chart - by xkcd
- Radiation-Emitting Products the US Food and Drug Administration.
- Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident Health Effects from the Baylor College of Medicine.
- Planning Guidance for a Response to a Nuclear Detonation from FEMA
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (with the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health). Provides links to databases accessing health-related articles and other information.
- Radiation Effects Research Foundation (formerly the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission) focuses on the study of health effects of radiation in survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Includes a page on how radiation affects cells.
- Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site from the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.
- Radon: a paper from the National Safety Council
- Radon information from the American Lung Association
- Radiation: Facts, Risks, and Realities. A PDF document produced by the EPA.
- Understanding Radiation Video Series:
- U.S. NRS FAQ about Radiation Protection from the University of Michigan Health Physics Society
- What Do I Do in a Nuclear Emergency from U.S. NRC
- Conversion of Radiation units
Research Sources
- Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) Environmental Reports
- Energy Efficiency Links A web page from Roscoe Brown Inc. with many links to academic, non-profit, and government agency pages on energy efficiency.
- Nuclear Pathways project funded by NSF grant to make information on historic and current nuclear issues more accessible
- Nuclear Energy Institute
- Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation II An Organization of the Institute for Responsible Management. A consortium of universities working to advance cost-effective cleanup and greater stakeholder understanding of the nation's nuclear weapons production facility waste sites.
- DOE's Office of Nuclear Energy
- DOE's Office of Science
- DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements, Inc.
- IAEA Scientific Resources: NUCLEUS provides access to over 130 IAEA scientific, technical and regulatory resources. This includes databases, websites, applications, publications, safety standards, training material and more.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Neighborhood Environmental Watch Network
- National Nuclear Data Center Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- DOE's OpenNet System Access to recently declassified documents.
- Radiation Safety Information Computational Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academy of Sciences
- ALSOS: Digital Library for Nuclear Issues. Affiliated with the National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library.
University and Training Programs
- Department of Nuclear Engineering at UC Berkeley
- List of U.S. colleges offering degrees in nuclear-related fields
- Energy Providers Coalition for Education Information about online courses to earn a certificate, AAS, or BS. These programs have been developed by energy industry representatives to meet current workforce needs.
- World Nuclear University
- Argonne National Laboratory: Nuclear Energy Student Opportunities