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Title: | Modelling a chain reaction in the classroom | Contributor(s): | Taylor, Neil (author) ; Taylor, Subhashni (author) | Publication Date: | 2001 | Open Access: | Yes | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22576 | Open Access Link: | https://www.ase.org.uk/journals/school-science-review/2001/09/302/1338/SSR302Sept2001p95.pdf | Abstract: | Although there is no explicit requirement within the National Curriculum for England to teach about nuclear fission and chain-reactions, at least one board, the Northern Examinations and Assessment Board, does include this topic in its Science Double Award syllabus for 2001 and 2002: Nuclear reactors use a process called nuclear fission. When an atom with a very large nucleus is bombarded with neutrons: the nucleus splits into two small nuclei; further neutrons are released which cause further nuclear fission resulting in a chainreaction; the new atoms which are formed are themselves radioactive. (NEAB, 2001: 76). | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | School Science Review, 83(302), p. 103-104 | Publisher: | Association for Science Education | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 0036-6811 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130106 Secondary Education 130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy 130309 Learning Sciences |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930203 Teaching and Instruction Technologies 930102 Learner and Learning Processes 930201 Pedagogy |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Education School of Environmental and Rural Science |
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