Great lesson ideas. Physics. Radiation officer /
Physics teacher Lynn MacDougall uses a simple disguise costume to dress up as a radiation officer to liven-up her lesson on radiation and smoke alarms. She starts by getting her year 10 pupils to consider how a smoke alarm might work, before getting them to all take part in a modelling exercise look...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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[London] :
Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education,
2010.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Physics teacher Lynn MacDougall uses a simple disguise costume to dress up as a radiation officer to liven-up her lesson on radiation and smoke alarms. She starts by getting her year 10 pupils to consider how a smoke alarm might work, before getting them to all take part in a modelling exercise looking at the flow of alpha particles in the alarm. Finally she uses a GM counter to demonstrate the safe levels of radiation in a smoke alarm. Lynn, a physics teacher at Stocksbridge High School, finds that although the students are less than convinced by the disguise itself, they are fully involved in the lesson. The radiation officer offers a great context for discussing radioactivity and can also be used as an introduction to the topic. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (6 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 00:05:30 |