AP Physics 2: Blog Post #3

As a wrap-up to our first unit on nuclear reactions, I want each of you to think about the advantages, disadvantages, potential and risk of using nuclear energy and radiation.  For your next blog post, you have several tasks:
1)  Focus on Nuclear Energy:  research and describe how a nuclear reactor works to produce nuclear energy in a power plant and describe how much nuclear energy contributes to our national or global energy
2)  Focus on Nuclear Disasters:  research, describe AND post/provide links to at least 4 infographic representations that provide information about a specific nuclear disaster (see list below).  Infographics are visual representations of data--if you aren't familiar with them yet, you should google "infographic posters" and you should get some decent examples!
3)  Answer the following question (and provide evidence and reasoning to support your claim):
Do the benefits of nuclear energy actually outweigh the risks, damage and disadvantages?   Why or why not? 

List of Nuclear Disasters From Which You Can Choose:
* Rocky Flats
* 2011 Fukushima Crisis/Tsunami
* South Korean Nuclear Crisis
* Chernobyl

**BE SURE TO SITE ANY SOURCES THAT YOU REFERENCE IN YOUR DESCRIPTION OR WORK THAT YOU POST ON YOUR SITE--GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE!!!

DUE:  TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 (MIDNIGHT, MOUNTAIN TIME)

AP PHYSICS 2 - BLOG POST #2:

Hello, my wonderful AP Physics 2 Phenoms!  Thank you for your thoughtful and inspiring responses to Blog Post #1.  For this week, we're going to shift focus a bit.  

BLOG POST #2:  (Due next WEDNESDAY for Period 2 and THURSDAY for Period 3)
Your Task:  Select one of the following individuals, research him/her, write a brief biography about the person, and explain WHY we should know this person.  Be sure to describe his/her contributions to the fields of science, engineering and/or mathematics.  (Suggestion:  If you are familiar with one of these individuals, choose someone else so that you get to learn about someone new!)

Options:

• Marie Curie
• Ernst Rutherford
• Erwin Schrodinger
• Otto Frisch
• Paul Dirac
• Richard Feynman (what else did he do besides help with the Manhattan Project?)
• Willhelm Conrad Rontgen
• Murray Gell-Mann
• JJ Thompson (hint: what did he invent?)
• Johannes Geiger