Nuclear fission

Subject: Physics

Grade: Lower Secondary

Publisher: YDP

Resource types: Whiteboard presentation

Resource ID: g2643
Description:

At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– explain the concepts of mass defect and binding energy
– describe the reaction of fission
– explain the concepts: fissile material, chain reaction, avalanche reaction, critical mass
– state the main effects of an atomic explosion.

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Nuclear fission Class activity

Consists of...
Mass defect Simulation Basic constants Chart Mass defect Whiteboard exercise Binding energy Simulation The Sun is getting ... Slideshow Binding energy per ... Illustration The stability of a ... Animation Nuclear fission Whiteboard exercise How to obtain fissi... Animation Fissile material Whiteboard exercise Avalanche reaction Animation Chain reaction Whiteboard exercise Critical mass Glossary Critical mass Simulation Critical mass Whiteboard exercise An explosion of ato... Illustration Little Boy Illustration Fat Boy Illustration Atom bomb Whiteboard exercise

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Secondary School

Lower Secondary (Grades 7-9)

Physics

Nuclear physics

103. Nuclear fission

YDP SA

Keywords

atom, energy, binding, chain, nuclear, reaction, mass, fission, critical, defect, bomb, Nuclear fission

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