Ionising Radiation
Quantum and Nuclear

Teaching Radioactivity Animations

Classroom Activity for 14-16 IOP RESOURCES

These 4 animations will aid in the teaching of radioactivity. 

Radiation Ionises the Air

The Cloud Chamber

The Spark Counter

The Properties of Alpha, Beta and Gamma

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Teaching radioactivity

The purpose of this collection of resources is to support the teaching of ionizing...

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Ionising Radiation
Quantum and Nuclear Supporting Physics Teaching

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There is a very precise and important result that follows from the inability to alter the chance that an ionising radiation is...

Physics Narrative 14-16

Ionising Radiation
Quantum and Nuclear Supporting Physics Teaching

Ionisation and damage

An atom or molecule is ionised by having at least one electron stripped from it:

Physics Narrative 14-16

Ionising Radiation
Quantum and Nuclear Supporting Physics Teaching

Photons from the nucleus and elsewhere

Photons shift energy chunk by chunk on emission. Whatever the emitter, the photons deplete a store little by little, with the...

Physics Narrative 14-16

Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Quantum and Nuclear

Many students are confused by the nature of radiation in general and some think it is artificial

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RESEARCH REVIEW Quantum and Nuclear

Many students are unable to distinguish between non-ionising and ionising radiation and many do not think of light as ‘radiation’

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RESEARCH REVIEW Quantum and Nuclear

Some students think that (ionising) radiation only stems from nuclear power plants

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Ionising Radiation
can exhibit Alpha Decay Beta Decay Gamma Decay
is used in analyses relating to Radioactive dating
involves Ionisation Unstable Nucleus Nuclide
can be analysed using the quantity Half-Life Decay Constant Activity
features in Medical Physics
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