Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Physical Science 2 Unit 5 Day 1

Day Starter
Objective: Students will define and describe nuclear reactions on assignments using the words nuclear fusion, alpha decay, law of conservation of mass, half-life, radiation, radioactivity. 

Question:
1) What is a nuclear reaction? Chemical reaction?
2) What are the results of a nuclear reaction?
3) List 3 types of nuclear reactions.


Exit Ticket:
How is a nuclear reaction different than a chemical reaction? Use the following sentence starter "Nuclear reactions and chemical reactions differ because..." and one green word from the objective in your perfect 3 sentence paragraph.