BOMB: The Race to Build-and Steal- the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon Nonfiction Book Study: Labs

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– describe a nuclear fission reaction.
– calculate the energy released during a reaction given the mass of the substrates and the products.
– explain the meaning of critical mass.
– describe the operation of a nuclear reactor. – explain the operation of an atomic bomb.

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– describe a particular reaction of nuclear fusion.
– calculate the energy released during a reaction, given the masses of the substrates and the products.
– explain the operation of the Sun as a thermonuclear reactor.
– describe the operation of a hydrogen bomb.

Summary: At the end of this activity, students should be able to: – describe the phenomenon of radiation.
– describe alpha and beta radiation.
– describe a radioactive series.
– specify the reasons why nuclear radiation is so harmful.