Scavenger Hunt Questions
1. What makes the discovery of X-rays of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen the start on the development on the study of radiation?
2. How Henri Becquerel discovered radiation on phosphorescent substances?
3. How “the Curies” discovered the radioactive elements?
4. What was the main contribution of Ernest Rutherford on the field of nuclear physics?
5. What is the significance on the works of Becquerel, Pierre and Marie Curie, and Ernest Rutherford to the development of nuclear physics?
Task:
1. What makes the discovery of X-rays of Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen the start on the development on the study of radiation?
2. How Henri Becquerel discovered radiation on phosphorescent substances?
3. How “the Curies” discovered the radioactive elements?
4. What was the main contribution of Ernest Rutherford on the field of nuclear physics?
5. What is the significance on the works of Becquerel, Pierre and Marie Curie, and Ernest Rutherford to the development of nuclear physics?
Task:
Make a multimedia presentation that led to the development of radioactivity.
Search Engines:
www.google.com
http://www.ask.com/
http://www.search.com/
Keyword(s) or Phrases used to conduct search:
1. History of Radioactivity
2. Discovery of Radioactive Substances
2. Pierre and Marie Curie
3. Henri Becquerel
4. Ernest Rutherford
1. Address & brief description of site visited:
URL: http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/historical_background.html
Description: The site tells the summary on the efforts of the scientists: Roentgen, Becquerel, Pierre and Marie Curie, and Rutherford.
Successful? Yes___ No___
2. Address & brief description of site visited:
URL: http://peace.rolf-witzsche.com/global/canada/radioactive/index.html
Description: The site offers information on the discovery of the two radioactive elements discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie.
Successful? Yes___ No___
3. Address & brief description of site visited:
URL: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/articles/curie/
Description: The site provides a searchable biographical database to nobel prize winners.
Successful? Yes___ No___
4. Address & brief description of site visited:
URL: http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/rutherford.html
Description: The site is very useful in searching the achievements of Rutherford and also a biography of his life.
Successful? Yes___ No___
What else did you find that you may wish to include or pursue at another time?
One of the sites mentioned the historical background of each scientist and the three types of radiation.
http://www.ask.com/
http://www.search.com/
Keyword(s) or Phrases used to conduct search:
1. History of Radioactivity
2. Discovery of Radioactive Substances
2. Pierre and Marie Curie
3. Henri Becquerel
4. Ernest Rutherford
1. Address & brief description of site visited:
URL: http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/historical_background.html
Description: The site tells the summary on the efforts of the scientists: Roentgen, Becquerel, Pierre and Marie Curie, and Rutherford.
Successful? Yes___ No___
2. Address & brief description of site visited:
URL: http://peace.rolf-witzsche.com/global/canada/radioactive/index.html
Description: The site offers information on the discovery of the two radioactive elements discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie.
Successful? Yes___ No___
3. Address & brief description of site visited:
URL: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/articles/curie/
Description: The site provides a searchable biographical database to nobel prize winners.
Successful? Yes___ No___
4. Address & brief description of site visited:
URL: http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/rutherford.html
Description: The site is very useful in searching the achievements of Rutherford and also a biography of his life.
Successful? Yes___ No___
What else did you find that you may wish to include or pursue at another time?
One of the sites mentioned the historical background of each scientist and the three types of radiation.
