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High School Physical Science · SPS4

Nuclear Chemistry

Alpha, beta and gamma decay, nuclear notation, half-life, fission and fusion. 10 free resources on this page.

Atoms & the Periodic TableChemistry: Bonding, Naming & ReactionsNuclear ChemistryStates of MatterSolutions, Acids & BasesEnergyForces & MotionSimple MachinesWavesElectricity & Magnetism
Day one

Start the unit

Nuclear Chemistry — Unit Intro

Day-one open-world intro: myth or fact, explore activities, vocabulary and learning targets.

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Games for this unit

Reactor World — the High School Physical Science RPG

A 3D quest RPG for all ten SPS standards. Ten Reactor zones in course order, each with four mini-game trials (every one a different genre), a question-powered Overload boss, gear drops with rarities, side quests, dailies and a year of replay. Printable Teacher Data, no accounts, any Chromebook.

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Virtual Lab Bench

Labs

Each link opens that lab on the Lab Bench. Students type a name once; progress and the verify code stay on their device.

Decay Detective: Half-LifeCount a decaying sample and work out its half-life.
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Practice

Practice tools

Nuclear Notation & Radioactive Decay

Alpha, beta and gamma decay and balancing nuclear equations.

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Half-Life

Halving tables, the decay formula and reading decay curves.

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Fission & Fusion

Splitting and joining nuclei, chain reactions and control rods.

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Nuclear Energy

How reactors turn nuclear reactions into electricity.

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Watch

Videos

Simple Science videos · SPS4One-minute videos for this standard, plain language, one idea each.
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Before the test

Test review

Review Quest is the paid, game-style review that maps every student's weak spots and hands you a printable unit test. The 1v1 battles below are free.

Review Quest · High School · $9.99 per unit

Nuclear Radiation

Game-style test review your students will actually finish: a scouting mission maps each student's weak spots, 8 skill zones teach and check every skill, plus flashcards, a minigame, arena games and a printable unit test with key. A reward code tells you exactly how each student did. No student accounts.

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1v1 · HS Nuclear RadiationRed vs. Blue head-to-head unit test review.
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