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 * Questions to complete on Friday 8/03 in preparation for our SAC next week - Essay on nuclear issue**

12.1 - Q 1,2,3,4,6,7,9,10

12.2 - Q 1,2,3,5,7,10

=This is the SAC. You have now had one period for planning. On Monday please make sure your concept map is done And that you bring in Hardcopies of printed resources that you can use when writing your essay. Time in class must be spent doing your essay on PEN & PAPER. What you do in class can be assessed. Once you have shown me your progress for the next two lessons you can then take it home and type it all up for final submission. =



This document contains the content for the detailed study. You will need to go to chapter 12 on Pg 50-80 of the file.



Task 1 - Create a concept map (Sac preparation)
Your first task is to browse through the text (Pg 50-80) and make a concept map for the chapter using Inspiration software. Here are some key words to get you thinking about the things you should include on your concept map. Remember, I would like you to include some history to all of this. Not just theory straight from the text. I would like your concept map to tell a story, have pictures and diagrams and most importantly link the concepts.

** Key words **

 * Nuclear Fission
 * Chain reaction
 * Fermi
 * Uranium & Plutonium
 * Albert Einstein
 * Atomic bomb
 * Nuclear reactor
 * Thermal nuclear reactors
 * Splitting of the atom
 * Nuclear Fusion
 * Critical mass
 * Nuclear fuel
 * Nuclear Power
 * Nuclear waste
 * Disposal of nuclear waster
 * Moderator
 * Chenobyl - what happened
 * Fukishima
 * Binding energy
 * The sun - how does our local star work? Nuclear fusion or fission?

Example of a concept map - That one of my year 10 students did for motion last year in Year 10 Science
 * [[image:scunderwood/Cm.JPG width="413" height="346"]] || [[image:Zoomed.JPG width="540" height="308"]] ||
 * Zoomed out || Zoomed in ||