Just Energy
Our understanding of how energy makes up everything in the Universe took a long time to develop.
Many different scientists had to perform experiments, looking closer and closer into matter, trying to see what is the smallest particle that can be found.
The video below shows this timeline.
Many different scientists had to perform experiments, looking closer and closer into matter, trying to see what is the smallest particle that can be found.
The video below shows this timeline.
As it turns out, there are even smaller particles that form each proton; these are called Quarks. You can watch the video below to find out more about them.
These little particles are composed of energy, compressed into itself.
On its smallest level, energy makes everything. Protons and Neutrons holding the fort in the center, while electrons move around them like a super fast cloud.
This energy is so powerful, that humans have figured out how to harness the movement of electrons and guide it to run in wires, creating electricity for cities and even batteries that can store it, so we can have flashlights, toys and even electric cars.
But there is an even more powerful (and destructive) way to harness the atom's energy. Humans discovered they could modify atoms by using force, and that this modification caused the atoms to release an amazing amount of energy.
This made possible for humans to create nuclear reactors for electricity, as well as atomic bombs.
On its smallest level, energy makes everything. Protons and Neutrons holding the fort in the center, while electrons move around them like a super fast cloud.
This energy is so powerful, that humans have figured out how to harness the movement of electrons and guide it to run in wires, creating electricity for cities and even batteries that can store it, so we can have flashlights, toys and even electric cars.
But there is an even more powerful (and destructive) way to harness the atom's energy. Humans discovered they could modify atoms by using force, and that this modification caused the atoms to release an amazing amount of energy.
This made possible for humans to create nuclear reactors for electricity, as well as atomic bombs.
For every area of science, there is a clear intention to control the natural processes and modify them to fit human's needs
Often, science figures out ways to make life easier, and there is no harm to nature in the process.
But atomic bombs are quite a bit different. They destroy everything around them, human, animal or vegetable. If anything is close to the centre of the explosion, it gets vaporized by the intense power and heat.
Radiation from nuclear reactors may be even worse. Nuclear reactors produce large amounts of nuclear waste, which can leak and affect areas around it, such as Fukushima's plant, which is still leaking into the ocean to this day. If there is a meltdown, radiation can make the soil poisoned and radioactive for years and years, so that nothing can survive in the area.
Chernobyl was the most infamous incident that happened in the world.
The three videos below show different perspectives regarding the effects of Chernobyl's disaster in the area around it.
What conclusions can you make, if any, regarding how affected the area around it was?
Often, science figures out ways to make life easier, and there is no harm to nature in the process.
But atomic bombs are quite a bit different. They destroy everything around them, human, animal or vegetable. If anything is close to the centre of the explosion, it gets vaporized by the intense power and heat.
Radiation from nuclear reactors may be even worse. Nuclear reactors produce large amounts of nuclear waste, which can leak and affect areas around it, such as Fukushima's plant, which is still leaking into the ocean to this day. If there is a meltdown, radiation can make the soil poisoned and radioactive for years and years, so that nothing can survive in the area.
Chernobyl was the most infamous incident that happened in the world.
The three videos below show different perspectives regarding the effects of Chernobyl's disaster in the area around it.
What conclusions can you make, if any, regarding how affected the area around it was?
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Project 1 - Research and Assembly
In your binder, there is a foldable regarding atomic theory.
The sheets show six scientists, six models and six bits of information.
Using the first video in this page, as well as any online sources, please figure out what piece of information goes with each scientist, and complete your foldable using glue and scissors.
The front of your foldable should show the scientist and the date, and the inside should show their model and the info.
Please place the foldable back in your binder. That's it!
The sheets show six scientists, six models and six bits of information.
Using the first video in this page, as well as any online sources, please figure out what piece of information goes with each scientist, and complete your foldable using glue and scissors.
The front of your foldable should show the scientist and the date, and the inside should show their model and the info.
Please place the foldable back in your binder. That's it!
Project 2 (writing)
Finally, watch the two videos below.
What do you think about the nature of energy and matter?
What force drives all energy?
Write a couple of paragraphs about your thoughts, and how this relates to the world around us.
Please place these paragraphs under "The Nature of Things" in your binder.
What do you think about the nature of energy and matter?
What force drives all energy?
Write a couple of paragraphs about your thoughts, and how this relates to the world around us.
Please place these paragraphs under "The Nature of Things" in your binder.
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