Lesson Plan

Period #3 Nuclear Fission

Materials : Textbook : Physics - Principles and Problems

Review :

Objectives : students should be able to :

1. compare and contrast fusion and fission reactions and supply examples
2. transmutation, mass defect, and mass energy relationships
1. E=mc2
3. define chain reaction, critical mass, control rods, and moderator

Part I - Nuclear Fission - Introduction and Notes :

Give notes starting, "NUCLEAR FUSION" pages 3-11, 3-13 describe nuclear fission, its benefits, and disadvantages, chain reactions, critical mass, moderators, and control rods.

Give notes starting, "NUCLEAR REACTORS" pages 3-14 describing Nuclear Reactors.

 

Guided Practice :

Exercise :

Evaluation :

Nuclear Energy Worksheet

Unit Three Exam

 

Part II - Nuclear Energy Research Project - Continuation

Students do research and finish draft copies in the Library

Evaluation

Self / Peer / Teacher Evaluation of Research Essay

Self / Peer / Teacher Evaluation of Presentation to Class