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Radiation

Grade 11

Information pour les professeurs
Information for Teachers
How to use this resource
General Notes about Radiation
Includes student assignment
How Radiation Affects Living Cells.
Includes student assignment
Natural Sources of Radiation:

 I. Particles
II. Electromagnetic

Includes student assignment
Detecting Ionizing Radiation:
Build a Cosmic Ray Detector
Construction project with student activities
Measuring Radiation Exposure
EVARM (Extra Vehicular Activity Radiation Monitor)

 

Prepared by YES I Can! Science Team at McMaster University,
for the Canadian Space Agency.