Module #2

Module Title: Why are some nuclei unstable?

Estimated time to complete: 45 minutes

Module objectives: Students will build an understanding of unstable nuclei.

Concepts learned in this module:

Standards addressed in this module:

Maryland State Department of Education High School Science Core Learning Goals

Goal/Expectation

Description

Goal 1

The student will demonstrate ways of thinking and acting inherent in the practice of science. The student will use the language and instruments of science to collect, organize, interpret, calculate, and communicate information.

Goal 4

The student will demonstrate the ability to use scientific skills and processes to explain composition and interactions of matter in the world in which we live.

4.2

The student will explain that all matter has structure and the structure serves as the basis for the properties of and the changes in matter.

Technology-enhanced instructional strategies utilized in this module:

Web-based research

MODULE OVERVIEW

Components

Brief description of module activities

Student Grouping

Materials/ Technology

Engagement

Account for the "missing" mass in an atom

Class

 

Exploration

Textbook reading

Individual

Textbook

Explanation

Nuclear binding energy discussion

Class

 

Extension

Transmutation and transuranium elements

Groups

ABC’s of Nuclear Science at http://www.lbl.gov/abc/Basic.html

Evaluation

Unit test after Module 3

Individual

 

 

Expected module outcomes:

Students will understand the forces which cause a nucleus to be unstable.

Performance-based assessment of module outcomes:

Unit test after Module 3

 

 




Unit Flow Chart
Unit Description
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