Dealing with Waste: The Nuclear Debate

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Title:

Dealing with Waste: The Nuclear Debate

Url:

http://resources.schoolscience.co.uk/nirex/nucdebate.html

Publisher:

Industry Supports Education

Description: Developed by the Industry Supports Education initiative (ISE), this website allows teenagers to take part in an online debate about how to cope with nuclear waste and whether and how nuclear power should be used in the future. During the debate, the user has a discussion with a virtual devil's advocate (DA). Visitors can either take the role of being in favor of nuclear power or against nuclear power. After the DA makes a statement, the user selects a response that most closely matches his or her view. The website offers a questionnaire where individuals can determine how their current views compare with other teens. The questionnaire can also be used to see whether the individual's views have changed after the debate. This website educates people about the differing view points of nuclear energy and also provides a great example of how to debate.

LC Classification:

Science -- Natural history. Biology -- Biology (General) -- Ecology -- Influence of special factors in the environment -- Special, A-Z -- Nuclear power plants. Nuclear reactors
Science -- Physics -- Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity
Science -- Physics -- Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity -- Atomic energy -- Study and teaching. Research
Technology -- Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering -- Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering -- Industrial and factory sanitation -- Industrial and factory wastes -- Special wastes and their disposal -- Radioactive waste disposal

GEM Subject:

Science
Science -- Technology
Science -- Ecology

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Audio/Visual -- Graph
Instructional Material
Audio/Visual -- Movie/Animation
Audio/Visual -- Image/Image Set
Instructional Material -- Interactive Simulation

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Elementary School

Language:

English

Access Rights:

Free access

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