October 4, 2011

Delving into the nucleus was the theme for today's class.  I hope everyone enjoyed the Dr. Seuss book.  It is often hard to imagine the impact our knowledge of the atom has had on our society. After learning of the impact of discovering nuclear power and the effect of this on our society, we began to learn about radioisotopes and nuclear decay reactions.  Don't forget that charge and mass are both conserved in our decay equations. Practicing these equations is the best way to learn how to do them.  We will review these concepts tomorrow plus have a quiz on sample nuclear equations towards the end of the class period.