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Description
This video will help students understand what nuclear energy is, the difference between fission and fusion, and the benefits and drawbacks of nuclear energy.
It is accompanied by a series of of discussion question designed to engage students in the debate and is supplemented by an activity, Nuclear Energy: What's Your Reaction? in which students must decide whether or not they support the building of a nuclear power plant in their community.
General Assessment
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The video is intended as an introductory activity and should be followed by further student exploration. The core issue raised is what role should nuclear energy play in meeting our energy needs given the growing concern for climate change caused by fossil fuels. The issue is addressed in Social Studies courses (particularly Geography) in those units dealing with our use of natural resources and human impacts on earth's systems. It is also relevant for Science and Environmental Science courses that explore issues related to science, technology and the environment.
Relevant Curriculum Units
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- Alberta
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- Grade 6
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- Science
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- Matter and Energy: Understandings of the physical world are deepened through investigating matter and energy
- Grade 9
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- Science
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- Electrical Principles and Technologies
- Knowledge and Employability Science: Electrical Principles and Technologies (Science and Technology Emphasis)
- British Columbia
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- Grade 7
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- Science
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- Science 7: Earth and its climate have changed over geological time
- Grade 10
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- Science
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- Energy is conserved and its transformation can affect living things and the environment
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- Newfoundland & Labrador
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- Ontario
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- Grade 6
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- Science & Technology
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- Matter and Energy: Electrical Phenomena, Energy, and Devices
- Grade 7
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- Geography
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- Natural Resources around the World: Use and Sustainability
- Science & Technology
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- Earth and Space Systems: Heat in the Environment
- Grade 9
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- Quebec
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- Grade 6
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- Science & Technology
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- Earth and Space
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- Social Studies
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- The Contemporary World: Environment
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- Science & Technology
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- Applied Science & Technology: The Earth and Space
- Environmental Science & Technology: The Earth and Space
- Environmental Science & Technology: The Material World
- Science & Technology: The Earth and Space
- Science & Technology: The Material World
- Science and the Environment: The Earth and Space
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
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- Grade 7
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- Science
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- Science 7: Earth and its climate have changed over geological time
- Grade 10
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- Science
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- Energy is conserved and its transformation can affect living things and the environment
Themes Addressed
Air, Atmosphere & Climate (1)
- Climate Change
Energy (1)
- Energy Generation
Human Health & Environment (1)
- Environmental Contaminants & Health Hazards
Science and Technology (1)
- Appropriate Technology
Waste Management (1)
- Hazardous Waste
