Student learning outcomes: 1. Recall that all matter is made of one or more elements in chemical combination with each other, define an elementas a pure substance made of the one type of atom, and list examples of elements.
2. Recall the structure of the Bohr model of the atom, and use the model to distinguish isotopes of an element.
5. Describe how nuclear energy is transformed into electricity at nuclear power stations.
6. List advantages and disadvantages of nuclear technologies
watch the following youtube video on nuclear technologies and complete the following work sheet Nuclear Technologies.doc.
7. Compare the generation of electricity by other energy resources – coal, water, wind.
8. Relate a society’s standard of living to the availability of energy resources
9. State that fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas, are other energy resources; explain how they have particular economic importance; and identify the location in Australia of coal, oil and gas reserves. 10. Describe fossil fuels as naturally occurring hydrocarbon compounds formed from the decay of plant and animal matter
11. Account for the location of oil and gas deposits in rock strata.
12. Distinguish between peat, brown coal and black coal in terms of the development of coal.
13. Distinguish between renewable and non-renewable sources of energy and discuss factors determining their economic viability
14. Define pollution, and list examples, distinguishing between natural and manufactured pollutants
15. Describe the greenhouse effect, and explore the negative impact of fossil fuels, particularly in the context of the greenhouse effect Global warming facts and our future 16. Explain, for either a non-renewable energy or material resource, why the resource requires strategies to manage its use by people over time
17. Identify specific technologies that have increased the variety of resources used by humans
1. Recall that all matter is made of one or more elements in chemical combination with each other, define an element as a pure substance made of the one type of atom, and list examples of elements.
2. Recall the structure of the Bohr model of the atom, and use the model to distinguish isotopes of an element.
3. State that (i) radioactivity is the emission of particles and energy from unstable nuclei of atoms, and (ii) since uranium is a
naturally radioactive element, it is an energy resource.
**Radioactive decay and half life** **decay exercise.dotx**
radiation worker training
4. Define nuclear energy, and explain how it is obtained from the fission of uranium .
Nuclear fission simulation **nuclear fission worksheet.doc**
5. Describe how nuclear energy is transformed into electricity at nuclear power stations.
6. List advantages and disadvantages of nuclear technologies
watch the following youtube video on nuclear technologies and complete the following work sheet Nuclear Technologies.doc.
7. Compare the generation of electricity by other energy resources – coal, water, wind.
8. Relate a society’s standard of living to the availability of energy resources
9. State that fossil fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas, are other energy resources; explain how they have particular
economic importance; and identify the location in Australia of coal, oil and gas reserves.
10. Describe fossil fuels as naturally occurring hydrocarbon compounds formed from the decay of plant and animal matter
11. Account for the location of oil and gas deposits in rock strata.
12. Distinguish between peat, brown coal and black coal in terms of the development of coal.
13. Distinguish between renewable and non-renewable sources of energy and discuss factors determining their economic viability
14. Define pollution, and list examples, distinguishing between natural and manufactured pollutants
15. Describe the greenhouse effect, and explore the negative impact of fossil fuels, particularly in the context of the greenhouse
effect
Global warming facts and our future
16. Explain, for either a non-renewable energy or material resource, why the resource requires strategies to manage its
use by people over time
17. Identify specific technologies that have increased the variety of resources used by humans