The Harnessed Atom – Student's Guide reviews the basic scientific principles that underlie nuclear energy and focuses on atoms, radiation, the technology of our number two source of electricity, and issues concerning nuclear energy.

The Harnessed Atom – Teacher's Guide contains suggestions for using the materials and is designed to help teachers in scheduling and planning lessons that teach concepts and develop basic skills. Included in the book are discussion questions, answers to review exercises, a list of materials, and a list of additional resources.

http://education.lanl.gov/Programs/CIF//
A resource for critical issue analysis written by teachers at Los Alamos National Laboratories.

http://www.unm.edu/~abqteach/wer/index.htm
Weighing Environmental Risks site has lots of information in PDF format.

http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/scientificmethod.html
A little glitzier approach to the scientific method, but does have a good list of do’s and don’t when doing experiments.

http://www.chem4kids.com/files/atom_structure.html
Site teaches kids about the atom basics.

http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
This is a periodic table of comic books which also houses information on which comics involve which elements.

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar//
An interesting interactive periodic table with more detailed information.

http://www.epa.gov/radiation//
The main EPA website on radiation with some useful links which contain more detailed information.

http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/ALSTool/EMSpec/EMSpec2.html
A diagram of the electromagnetic spectrum with wavelength, frequency and energy information.

http://www.lbl.gov/abc/Basic.html
This is a detailed description of Nuclear Structure even though is called basic nuclear science. Written primarily for high school students, it does include activities and information for all grade levels.

www.sandia.gov/ciim/ISA/1rad.html
This provides a good description of radiation. It shows radiation in its various forms and how radiation is a part of the environment.

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l1/emspectrum.html
This NASA site looks at the various wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.

http://www.thursdaysclassroom.com/07jun01/teacher5.html
This is a lesson plan for teachers who wish to play a card game which will impart to students the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.

http://www.rerf.or.jp/eigo/glossary/backgrou.htm
This site is a pie chart of background radiation in the U.S.

http://www.uic.com.au/ral.htm
This is a useful explanation of radiation from the Uranium Information Centre in Australia.

http://www.ans.org/pi/dosechart/
This is an interesting chart that helps determine your annual personal background radiation dose from the American Nuclear Society. Browse the website for more useful information.

http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students/calculate.html
This is an interesting interactive website which calculates your yearly dosage for you and provides hints for protection etc.

http://www.physics.isu.edu/radinf/risk.htm
This is a really good resource about Radiation and Risk. After calculating your annual radiation dose visit this page to learn more about those numbers.

http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students/what.html#protection
This site discusses the basics of radiation protection with a few common sense examples.

http://www.nsc.org/ehc/rad/radbroch.HTM
This provides high school science teachers some resources about radiation and protection from the National Safety Council’s Environmental Health Center.

http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/isotopes/radioactive_decay3.html
This is a very simple applet which lets you choose one of 15 isotopes and watch them decay into their daughter products.

http://www.nj.gov/dep/rpp/radon/jsc.htm
A Junior High version of Radon Lesson Plans.

http://www.epa.gov/region01/students/pdfs/activ6.pdf
Middle School level Radon game in PDF format with teacher instructions.

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/uranium.htm
Site showing that there are many beneficial uses of radiation and radioactivity. This is a page for kids from the National Institutes of Health.

http://www.1nuclearplace.com/Links.htm
This site provides links to nuclear websites for all aspects of nuclear energy.

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/teachers/unit3.html
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/basic-ref/students.html#nuclear_energy
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission site with good information on nuclear energy and radiation.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-power.htm
Sections on nuclear fission as well as the inside a nuclear power plant.

http://www.ida.liu.se/~her/npp/demo.html
This site offers a nuclear power plant simulation that can be manipulated by students.

www.radwaste.org/teacher.htm
This site discusses the need to try and get a balanced view of information and resources concerning nuclear science. It provides a wealth of links for teachers to explore.

www.sandia.gov/tp/SAFE_RAM/TESTING.HTM
The Sandia National Laboratories web site with a description of the crash tests and package certification for transporting radioactive waste.

www.ocrwm.doe.gov/pm/program_docs/curriculum.shtml
This is the 4-unit plan for handling our nation’s radioactive waste. Although the material on the geologic depository in Unit 4 is out of date, there is still a lot of good information in Unit 4 on transportation and storage of nuclear waste. There are also some good activities on selecting transportation routes and assessing risk.