In the basic version, students learn about the atom, its structure, the particles. They will also learn how to calculate the atomic mass and find the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons. In the advanced version, students learn about isotopes and ions.

Students evaluate the positive aspects of nuclear developments.

Using radiation sensors and a variety of safe radiation sources, students will build an understanding of alpha radiation and the inverse-square law as well as reinforcing important lab skills.

Students will read a variety of perspectives on the moral implications of the bomb and engage in an organized debate on the topic.

Students will research the bomb and design a poster-board that explores the geopolitical context of dropping the bomb as well as its tragic effects.

Using the play In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, students will examine themes including the intersection of science and government and the “Red Scare,” and learn about the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Students are introduced to the idea and structure of an atom with an engaging craft project.

tudents read Einstein’s letter to President Roosevelt, and draft their own response from Roosevelt, in order to understand the cooperation between scientists and the government during the Manhattan Project.

Female scientists at Los Alamos are not often discussed, but they played an integral role in the creation of the atomic bomb.

Students engage with primary resources to form opinions on the decision to drop the bomb.

Students explore the unique role that scientists and the military played during the Manhattan Project.

Students are introduced to the Manhattan Project with film and open discussion, then use primary source documents to write an essay about the Manhattan Project.

Students simulate scientists involved in the protest agains the bomb.

Students read a piece on the Oppenheimer biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin and engage in discussion on Oppenheimer’s role in the project.

Students learn the basics of nuclear fission and explore its uses from the Manhattan Project onward. They are then asked to take sides on whether or not this technology has been a positive or negative development.

Students explore how scientists and policy-makers communicate.

Students imagine the scene at Trinity through a variety of creative writing assignments.

Students read “The Butter Battle Book” to examine more complicated themes of nuclear weaponry.

Students are introduced to the explosion of the bomb through crafts.

Through various creative writing assignments, students examine the complicated history of bomb survivors.