Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Question: What do you already know about nuclear history and what more do you need to know?
Opinion Survey https://docs.google.com/document/d/151cptKlNl86pumGeJWXZQdak6SQmm-l3ArLHmMV9qUg/edit?usp=sharing
How much do you know about Nuclear Weapons? Take the Quiz http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2013/1225/How-much-do-you-know-about-nuclear-weapons-Take-our-quiz/Nuclear-how
Pre-Test Essay Question https://docs.google.com/document/d/10CVDsM1PTLyOEV8aufZBx8eUFMCApcQQgnWtgapsuNU/edit?usp=sharing
What more do you need to know before you can answer this question?
Question: What do you already know about nuclear history and what more do you need to know?
Opinion Survey https://docs.google.com/document/d/151cptKlNl86pumGeJWXZQdak6SQmm-l3ArLHmMV9qUg/edit?usp=sharing
How much do you know about Nuclear Weapons? Take the Quiz http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/2013/1225/How-much-do-you-know-about-nuclear-weapons-Take-our-quiz/Nuclear-how
Pre-Test Essay Question https://docs.google.com/document/d/10CVDsM1PTLyOEV8aufZBx8eUFMCApcQQgnWtgapsuNU/edit?usp=sharing
What more do you need to know before you can answer this question?
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Question: What does it mean to drop an atomic bomb?
Course Description - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VUnjGQtY7qHQp1NKA3TzzVbk8BSq-JAjbsb1BQk8F4o/edit?usp=sharing
Essential Questions
The Physics of Nuclear Weapons
Question: Why develop a nuclear bomb?
Einstein's Letter to President Roosevelt http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/pdfs/docsworldwar.pdf
Question: What does it mean to drop an atomic bomb?
- Video Footage of Bombings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pxk4zy_SQw
- What do these photographs tell you? https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_0YtsyNJtAqcxv51-BuBs-WI1uIxhwX7_dN_odhvclM/edit?usp=sharing
Course Description - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VUnjGQtY7qHQp1NKA3TzzVbk8BSq-JAjbsb1BQk8F4o/edit?usp=sharing
Essential Questions
- Nuclear Weapons
- Should the United States have worked to develop a nuclear bomb?
- Should President Truman have dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- Does America need nuclear weapons for national defense?
- What should America's policy on nuclear weapons be?
- How can we protect ourselves from the danger of others using nuclear weapons?
- Nuclear Power
- Should the United States continue to use nuclear power to meet its energy needs?
- Is nuclear power essential to addressing climate change and energy independence?
The Physics of Nuclear Weapons
- Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mrVNF6vHaX56_Td-sF16wd9Q1M1Q9M-g93Gbcgw_-KQ/edit?usp=sharing
- Reading: The Physics of Nuclear Weapons http://ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/sts152_02/handout02.pdf
- Periodic Table of Elements https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rh0a0RFbUnXRgnhKQVX3bcVw5sWKehm2R9qsis55Y2Q/edit?usp=sharing
Question: Why develop a nuclear bomb?
Einstein's Letter to President Roosevelt http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/archives/pdfs/docsworldwar.pdf
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Question: Why develop a nuclear bomb?
History of Scientific Discoveries About the Atom: 1948 Comic Book: General Electric Co's "Adventures Inside the Atom" http://atomicuniverse.org/uploads/3/4/7/1/3471065/generalelectriccompanyadventuresinsidetheatom1948.pdf
The Manhattan Project
Question: Why develop a nuclear bomb?
History of Scientific Discoveries About the Atom: 1948 Comic Book: General Electric Co's "Adventures Inside the Atom" http://atomicuniverse.org/uploads/3/4/7/1/3471065/generalelectriccompanyadventuresinsidetheatom1948.pdf
- The Nuclear Dream in Comic Book Form (The Atlantic) http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/adventures-inside-the-atom-the-nuclear-dream-in-comic-book-form/72852/
The Manhattan Project
- Encyclopedia Britannica Summary https://www.britannica.com/print/article/362098
Friday, January 13, 2017
Guest Speaker: Dan O'Brien
Guest Speaker: Dan O'Brien
Monday, January 16, 2017
No School - MLK Day
No School - MLK Day
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Question: Why develop a nuclear bomb?
Fat Man and Little Boy
Activity: In this movie each character experiences conflicts within themselves and their consciences and also conflicts with others. Make notes for each character that describes each conflict as you see it arise arise.
Question: Why develop a nuclear bomb?
Fat Man and Little Boy
Activity: In this movie each character experiences conflicts within themselves and their consciences and also conflicts with others. Make notes for each character that describes each conflict as you see it arise arise.
- Viewing Worksheet https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WTWZQHZG2FrQyinHCn8Z7hzWA1pWcgcAJa7wBcOwQ2c/edit?usp=sharing
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Fat Man and Little Boy - continued
Fat Man and Little Boy - continued
- Worksheet: Statements For and Against the Bomb https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tLYmr-E44DrE594ltdf9KgcJyM2DtsigFeFjhuksIKY/edit?usp=sharing
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Fat Man and Little Boy - continued
Fat Man and Little Boy - continued
- Worksheet: Statements For and Against the Bomb https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tLYmr-E44DrE594ltdf9KgcJyM2DtsigFeFjhuksIKY/edit?usp=sharing
Friday, January 20, 2017
Question: Was the bomb necessary to end the war?
Activity: Students research the answer to the question above, using a variety of reliable sources, including the ones below, and take notes of their findings.
Question: Was the bomb necessary to end the war?
Activity: Students research the answer to the question above, using a variety of reliable sources, including the ones below, and take notes of their findings.
- The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-real-reason-america-used-nuclear-weapons-against-japan-it-was-not-to-end-the-war-or-save-lives/5308192
- The Debate http://www.atomicheritage.org/history/debate-over-bomb
- NY Times (1995) Historians Debate www.nytimes.com/1995/01/31/us/hiroshima-a-controversy-that-refuses-to-die.html?pagewanted=all
- NY Times: Did US Have to Drop Atomic Bombs? (2015) https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/world/asia/did-us-have-to-drop-atomic-bombs-on-hiroshima-and-nagasaki.html?_r=0
- Countering Revisionist History http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hiroshima-nagasaki-did-us-need-drop-atomic-bombs-japan-1513563
Monday, January 23, 2017
Question: Was the bomb a military necessity?
Study Guide Quiz 1 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F5QdKiGE1PXuLQB2EEQMjbeB94eo9vEZu0emjbkIXEs/edit?usp=sharing
The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb by Henry L Stimson, Secretary of War
https://books.google.com/books?id=7QsAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=The+Japanese+Navy+had+practically+ceased+to+exist+and+the+Japanese+Air+Force&source=bl&ots=yYTDbwOhIH&sig=9pAWcBqFn8ovgjOHEDyg8IKSReg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE3_mQgdTRAhVI7WMKHe0HDFQQ6AEIHDAA#v=twopage&q=The%20Japanese%20Navy%20had%20practically%20ceased%20to%20exist%20and%20the%20Japanese%20Air%20Force&f=true
The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-real-reason-america-used-nuclear-weapons-against-japan-it-was-not-to-end-the-war-or-save-lives/5308192
Tokyo Firebombings
The Bureaucrats who singled out Hiroshima for Destruction http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/08/hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bomb-anniversary/400448/
Question: Was the bomb a military necessity?
Study Guide Quiz 1 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F5QdKiGE1PXuLQB2EEQMjbeB94eo9vEZu0emjbkIXEs/edit?usp=sharing
The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb by Henry L Stimson, Secretary of War
https://books.google.com/books?id=7QsAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=The+Japanese+Navy+had+practically+ceased+to+exist+and+the+Japanese+Air+Force&source=bl&ots=yYTDbwOhIH&sig=9pAWcBqFn8ovgjOHEDyg8IKSReg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjE3_mQgdTRAhVI7WMKHe0HDFQQ6AEIHDAA#v=twopage&q=The%20Japanese%20Navy%20had%20practically%20ceased%20to%20exist%20and%20the%20Japanese%20Air%20Force&f=true
The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-real-reason-america-used-nuclear-weapons-against-japan-it-was-not-to-end-the-war-or-save-lives/5308192
Tokyo Firebombings
- http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-09/tokyo-wwii-firebombing-remembered-70-years-on/6287486
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F5QdKiGE1PXuLQB2EEQMjbeB94eo9vEZu0emjbkIXEs/edit?usp=sharing
The Bureaucrats who singled out Hiroshima for Destruction http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/08/hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bomb-anniversary/400448/
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Quiz 1 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F5QdKiGE1PXuLQB2EEQMjbeB94eo9vEZu0emjbkIXEs/edit?usp=sharing
Question: What were the effects - both short term and long term of the atomic bomb blasts?
24 Hours After Hiroshima
http://apjjf.org/-Robert-Jacobs/3446/article.html
Hibakusha
Magical Thinking and the Real Power of Hiroshima http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/06/magical-thinking-and-the-real-power-of-hiroshima-nuclear-weapons-japan/
Quiz 1 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F5QdKiGE1PXuLQB2EEQMjbeB94eo9vEZu0emjbkIXEs/edit?usp=sharing
Question: What were the effects - both short term and long term of the atomic bomb blasts?
24 Hours After Hiroshima
http://apjjf.org/-Robert-Jacobs/3446/article.html
- Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY9VwCE_Dsg
- Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjPm9Vo_pYU
Hibakusha
- http://www.hibakushastories.org/
- http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/twocities/hiroshima/page14.shtml
- http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53072#.WHflnNIrLcs
Magical Thinking and the Real Power of Hiroshima http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/08/06/magical-thinking-and-the-real-power-of-hiroshima-nuclear-weapons-japan/
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Question: What were the effects - both short term and long term of the atomic bomb blasts?
Question: What questions remain for you to answer before you can decide whether President Truman should have dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Question: What were the effects - both short term and long term of the atomic bomb blasts?
- Part 3 of 24 Hours After Hiroshima https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhigykrqMMM
- Excerpt from John Hersey's Hiroshima http://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/eighty-five-from-the-archive-john-hersey
Question: What questions remain for you to answer before you can decide whether President Truman should have dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
- What did American military leaders think?
- The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-real-reason-america-used-nuclear-weapons-against-japan-it-was-not-to-end-the-war-or-save-lives/5308192
- What were the Japanese decision-makers thinking before the bomb was dropped?
- Why did Japan surrender?
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Complete the worksheet Defending the Bomb after reading excerpts from the book Hiroshima in America Write an essay answering our Essential Question: Should President Truman have dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B7KgAYfOsbJtZtOQFKpmIOypoZhG79Q3x-vQPiua_fU/edit?usp=sharing Field Trip - Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities - History Museum |
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Friday, January 27, 2017
Finish Defending the Bomb worksheet
Work on Atomic Bomb essay
Work on Atomic Bomb essay
Monday, January 30, 2017
Time Lapse Nuclear Explosions since 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY
Read Micronesia Chapter of In the Absence of the Sacred by Jerry Mander
Complete Essay (or finish as Homework) Should Truman Have Dropped the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
(Due Wednesday, end of day)
Time Lapse Nuclear Explosions since 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY
- https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=nuclear+test+world+map+interactive
Read Micronesia Chapter of In the Absence of the Sacred by Jerry Mander
Complete Essay (or finish as Homework) Should Truman Have Dropped the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
(Due Wednesday, end of day)
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Question: Does America need nuclear weapons for national defense?
Develop Questions for Tomorrow's Guest Speakers
Nuclear Savage (1:26)
Wednesday, February 1st
Guest Speakers: Rocky Flats Cold War Museum
Murph Widdowfield Arthur S. Widdowfield – nicknamed "Murph" because his birthday is on St. Patrick's Day – was born in Chicago and moved to Denver at age 12. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952-1962, after which he began an apprenticeship as a boilermaker and welder. He also took courses in engineering, construction law, and construction management. Murph and a partner formed a company that became a Rocky Flats contractor dealing with the power plant, incinerators, and duct work.
Murph joined the Rocky Flats Cold War Museum board in 2010. He has been married to a wonderful woman for almost 50 years. He and his wife have two children and two grandchildren.
Jack Weaver
Jack has over 41 years of experience at the plant in all levels of management and responsibilities. He was born on a farm north of Longmont, Colorado. He graduated from Berthoud High School in 1959, and farmed with his Dad until he began his career at the Rocky Flats in 1961. He started at Rocky Flats as a laborer, but soon became an hourly Chemical Operator. He then moved on to become a Foreman and Operations/Building Manager. He ultimately became the Deputy Assistant General Manager of Plutonium Operations.
Jack retired on September 30, 1996 but as has been said – you couldn’t keep him down on the farm. Jack went back to work on October 1, 1996 as a consultant on the Decommissioning and Demolition Project until his final retirement in June, 2002. Jack is quoted extensively in Making a Real Killing: Rocky Flats and the Nuclear West by Len Ackland, and provides an inside look at all things production at the Rocky Flats Plant.
Rocky Flats Cold War Museum is Out in the Cold http://www.westword.com/news/rocky-flats-cold-war-museum-is-out-in-the-cold-7427500
Guest Speakers: Rocky Flats Cold War Museum
Murph Widdowfield Arthur S. Widdowfield – nicknamed "Murph" because his birthday is on St. Patrick's Day – was born in Chicago and moved to Denver at age 12. He served in the U.S. Army from 1952-1962, after which he began an apprenticeship as a boilermaker and welder. He also took courses in engineering, construction law, and construction management. Murph and a partner formed a company that became a Rocky Flats contractor dealing with the power plant, incinerators, and duct work.
Murph joined the Rocky Flats Cold War Museum board in 2010. He has been married to a wonderful woman for almost 50 years. He and his wife have two children and two grandchildren.
Jack Weaver
Jack has over 41 years of experience at the plant in all levels of management and responsibilities. He was born on a farm north of Longmont, Colorado. He graduated from Berthoud High School in 1959, and farmed with his Dad until he began his career at the Rocky Flats in 1961. He started at Rocky Flats as a laborer, but soon became an hourly Chemical Operator. He then moved on to become a Foreman and Operations/Building Manager. He ultimately became the Deputy Assistant General Manager of Plutonium Operations.
Jack retired on September 30, 1996 but as has been said – you couldn’t keep him down on the farm. Jack went back to work on October 1, 1996 as a consultant on the Decommissioning and Demolition Project until his final retirement in June, 2002. Jack is quoted extensively in Making a Real Killing: Rocky Flats and the Nuclear West by Len Ackland, and provides an inside look at all things production at the Rocky Flats Plant.
Rocky Flats Cold War Museum is Out in the Cold http://www.westword.com/news/rocky-flats-cold-war-museum-is-out-in-the-cold-7427500
Thursday, February 2nd
Debrief After Speakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC3qQPo-3cQ
Nuclear Savage
Question: What are the effects of nuclear radiation on the human body?
Debrief After Speakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC3qQPo-3cQ
Nuclear Savage
- Review of Documentary film https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/road-peace/nuclear-savage-powerful-new-documentary-us-hydrogen-bombs
Question: What are the effects of nuclear radiation on the human body?
- Radiation Effects on Humans http://www.atomicarchive.com/Effects/effects15.shtml
- Long-Term Effects on Humans http://www.atomicarchive.com/Effects/effects16.shtml
- Radioactive Fallout http://www.atomicarchive.com/Effects/effects16.shtml
- Uranium: Its Uses and Hazards http://ieer.org/resource/factsheets/uranium-its-uses-and-hazards/
Friday, February 3rd
Question: What is the US's responsibility to the people of the Marshall Islands?
Nuclear Savage
Discussion: What does the US owe to the people of the Marshall Islands?
Research: What is the current state of affairs for the Marshall Islanders?
Marshall Islands Takes on Nuclear States http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/marshall-islands-takes-on-the-nuclear-armed-s/blog/51393/
Marshall Islands UN Court https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/world/asia/marshall-islands-un-court-nuclear-disarmament.html?_r=0
Bikini Islanders Deal With Fallout 70 Years Later http://theconversation.com/bikini-islanders-still-deal-with-fallout-of-us-nuclear-tests-70-years-later-58567
Nuclear Test Survivors Demand Compensation http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/28/bikini-nuclear-test-survivors-demand-compensation.html
Marshall Islands Lawsuit https://nukewatch.org/Marshall_Islands_lawsuit.html
Question: What is the US's responsibility to the people of the Marshall Islands?
Nuclear Savage
- Review of Documentary film https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/road-peace/nuclear-savage-powerful-new-documentary-us-hydrogen-bombs
Discussion: What does the US owe to the people of the Marshall Islands?
Research: What is the current state of affairs for the Marshall Islanders?
Marshall Islands Takes on Nuclear States http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/marshall-islands-takes-on-the-nuclear-armed-s/blog/51393/
Marshall Islands UN Court https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/world/asia/marshall-islands-un-court-nuclear-disarmament.html?_r=0
Bikini Islanders Deal With Fallout 70 Years Later http://theconversation.com/bikini-islanders-still-deal-with-fallout-of-us-nuclear-tests-70-years-later-58567
Nuclear Test Survivors Demand Compensation http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/7/28/bikini-nuclear-test-survivors-demand-compensation.html
Marshall Islands Lawsuit https://nukewatch.org/Marshall_Islands_lawsuit.html
Monday, February 6th
Question: What should America's policy on nuclear weapons be?
Map: The nuclear bombs in your backyard http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/map-nuclear-bombs-power-weapons
Fact Sheet Minuteman III LGM-30G http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104466/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii.aspx
Kirtland (largest storage facility for nuclear weapons in US) https://nukewatch.org/Kirtland.html
Former Missile Complexes in Colorado
Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat
Status of World Nuclear Forces https://fas.org/issues/nuclear-weapons/status-world-nuclear-forces/
Activity: Look at the map and complete the worksheet to analyze the nuclear world.
Research Project https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwHKitsQg4htP6FOCw1lvMl5mDKNdI25hNTAdHFqdQ8/edit?usp=sharing
Question: What should America's policy on nuclear weapons be?
Map: The nuclear bombs in your backyard http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/map-nuclear-bombs-power-weapons
Fact Sheet Minuteman III LGM-30G http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/FactSheets/Display/tabid/224/Article/104466/lgm-30g-minuteman-iii.aspx
Kirtland (largest storage facility for nuclear weapons in US) https://nukewatch.org/Kirtland.html
Former Missile Complexes in Colorado
- https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/titan-1-missile-complexes
- Video http://www.9news.com/news/weird/under-colorado-strange-underground-missile-silo/203880270
Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswhohaswhat
Status of World Nuclear Forces https://fas.org/issues/nuclear-weapons/status-world-nuclear-forces/
Activity: Look at the map and complete the worksheet to analyze the nuclear world.
- The Challenge of Nuclear Weapons http://www.choices.edu/resources/detail.php?id=49
- Mapping the Nuclear World http://www.choices.edu/resources/supplemental_mappingnukes.php
- Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968 and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996.
Research Project https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwHKitsQg4htP6FOCw1lvMl5mDKNdI25hNTAdHFqdQ8/edit?usp=sharing
Tuesday, February 7th
Question: What should America's policy on nuclear weapons be?
Trump Nuclear Policy
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-nuclear-arms-race-russia-232944
http://www.vox.com/world/2017/1/18/14310168/trump-nuclear-policy-inauguration-explained
Songs About Nuclear Weapons http://choices.edu/resources/activities/nw/songs.php
Time to work on Research Project https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwHKitsQg4htP6FOCw1lvMl5mDKNdI25hNTAdHFqdQ8/edit?usp=sharing
Question: What should America's policy on nuclear weapons be?
Trump Nuclear Policy
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-nuclear-arms-race-russia-232944
http://www.vox.com/world/2017/1/18/14310168/trump-nuclear-policy-inauguration-explained
Songs About Nuclear Weapons http://choices.edu/resources/activities/nw/songs.php
Time to work on Research Project https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwHKitsQg4htP6FOCw1lvMl5mDKNdI25hNTAdHFqdQ8/edit?usp=sharing
Wednesday, February 8th
Question: How can we protect ourselves from the danger of others using nuclear weapons?
Nobel Peace Prizes
Peace Dove Game https://www.nobelprize.org/educational/peace/nuclear_weapons/about.html
Question: How can we protect ourselves from the danger of others using nuclear weapons?
Nobel Peace Prizes
- Reading: https://www.nobelprize.org/educational/peace/nuclear_weapons/readmore.html
- Worksheet https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gugxJX0SORbVrvMz-EVpfQpehnJBiJ3I_Te23x6i-To/edit?usp=sharing
Peace Dove Game https://www.nobelprize.org/educational/peace/nuclear_weapons/about.html
Thursday, February 9th
Field Trip - Rocky Flats and Candelas Rocky Flats Community Map of Arvada https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8665859,-105.1717498,13z |
Question: What is the story of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant ?
Rocky Flats Pictorial History http://www.rockyflatssc.org/pictoral_history.html
Read: The Secrets of Rocky Flats Won't Stay Buried Forever http://www.westword.com/news/the-secrets-of-rocky-flats-wont-stay-buried-forever-5124462
Rocky Flats Cold War Museum
Wes McKinley Rocky Flats Grand Jury Foreman http://wesmckinley.blogspot.com/
Rocky Flats Pictorial History http://www.rockyflatssc.org/pictoral_history.html
Read: The Secrets of Rocky Flats Won't Stay Buried Forever http://www.westword.com/news/the-secrets-of-rocky-flats-wont-stay-buried-forever-5124462
Rocky Flats Cold War Museum
- http://www.rockyflatscoldwarmuseum.org/
- Fighting to Tell its Tale: A Wandering Cold War Museum Finds a New Spark http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/fighting-to-tell-its-atomic-tale-a-wandering-cold-war-museum-finds-a-new-spark
- Arvada's Rocky Flats Cold War Museum Still Seeking Home 15 Years On http://www.denverpost.com/2016/03/01/arvadas-rocky-flats-cold-war-museum-still-seeking-home-15-years-on/
Wes McKinley Rocky Flats Grand Jury Foreman http://wesmckinley.blogspot.com/
Monday, February 13th
What health effects have resulted from the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant?
Debrief Field Trip
It's Time to Tell the Truth About Radiation http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/nuclear.html
How Dangerous is Radiation? http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/book/chapter5.html
Kristen Iversen - Full Body Burden video https://www.facebook.com/authorkristeniversen/videos/410991745663233/
Repurposing Rocky Flats http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/repurposing_rocky_flats/
Rocky Flats Workers
The Atomic Cafe Movie http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-atomic-cafe/
What health effects have resulted from the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant?
Debrief Field Trip
It's Time to Tell the Truth About Radiation http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/nuclear.html
How Dangerous is Radiation? http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/book/chapter5.html
Kristen Iversen - Full Body Burden video https://www.facebook.com/authorkristeniversen/videos/410991745663233/
Repurposing Rocky Flats http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/repurposing_rocky_flats/
Rocky Flats Workers
- Denver Post Rocky Flats Workers' Burden Still Heavy Even With New Legal Status http://www.denverpost.com/2014/02/22/rocky-flats-workers-burden-still-heavy-even-with-new-legal-status/
- Stories from Colorado Rocky Flats Workers Video (4:20) http://dptv.denverpost.com/2015/10/10/stories-from-colorados-rocky-flats-workers/
The Atomic Cafe Movie http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-atomic-cafe/
Wednesday, February 15th
Guest Speaker: Jordan Fink - Environmental Science
Guest Speaker: Jordan Fink - Environmental Science
Thursday, February 16th
Continue research projects: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwHKitsQg4htP6FOCw1lvMl5mDKNdI25hNTAdHFqdQ8/edit?usp=sharing
Continue research projects: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwHKitsQg4htP6FOCw1lvMl5mDKNdI25hNTAdHFqdQ8/edit?usp=sharing
Friday, February 17th
Continue research projects: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwHKitsQg4htP6FOCw1lvMl5mDKNdI25hNTAdHFqdQ8/edit?usp=sharing
Continue research projects: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fwHKitsQg4htP6FOCw1lvMl5mDKNdI25hNTAdHFqdQ8/edit?usp=sharing
Monday, February 20th
No class - Presidents Day
No class - Presidents Day
Tuesday, February 21st
Question: Should the United States continue to use nuclear power to meet its energy needs? Is nuclear power essential to addressing climate change and energy independence?
http://newtalk.org/2008/07/is-nuclear-power-essential-to.php
Video: Nuclear Energy Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcOFV4y5z8c
In-Class Time to Work on Research Projects
Question: Should the United States continue to use nuclear power to meet its energy needs? Is nuclear power essential to addressing climate change and energy independence?
http://newtalk.org/2008/07/is-nuclear-power-essential-to.php
Video: Nuclear Energy Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcOFV4y5z8c
- Video: Cons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEYbgyL5n1g
- Worksheet to Accompany videos https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sA0lt6lRATkuVEfvPWnGcVW-Won2na8J3znP_AEVO4k/edit?usp=sharing
In-Class Time to Work on Research Projects
Wednesday, February 22nd
Question: Should the United States continue to use nuclear power to meet its energy needs? Is nuclear power essential to addressing climate change and energy independence?
Nuclear Energy Video: Pros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVbLlnmxIbY
Worksheet to Accompany videos https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sA0lt6lRATkuVEfvPWnGcVW-Won2na8J3znP_AEVO4k/edit?usp=sharing
Top 10 Myths About Nuclear Energy http://www.nuclearconnect.org/know-nuclear/talking-nuclear/top-10-myths-about-nuclear-energ
Map Operating Nuclear Power Reactors: https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactors/
What should we do with our nuclear waste?
Slides: Waste From Nuclear Power Plants https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fSkqC8GYRhobsz39SfH6vzMwaSbmzFmZi--iKG4rOSQ/edit?usp=sharing
What is nuclear waste? https://whatisnuclear.com/articles/waste.html
Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-wastes/storage-and-disposal-of-radioactive-wastes.aspx
Nuclear Waste http://www.denverpost.com/2016/05/24/feds-favor-mini-nuke-power-plants-but-still-face-70k-ton-disposal-burden/
In-Class Time to Work on Research Projects
Question: Should the United States continue to use nuclear power to meet its energy needs? Is nuclear power essential to addressing climate change and energy independence?
Nuclear Energy Video: Pros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVbLlnmxIbY
Worksheet to Accompany videos https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sA0lt6lRATkuVEfvPWnGcVW-Won2na8J3znP_AEVO4k/edit?usp=sharing
Top 10 Myths About Nuclear Energy http://www.nuclearconnect.org/know-nuclear/talking-nuclear/top-10-myths-about-nuclear-energ
Map Operating Nuclear Power Reactors: https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/reactors/
What should we do with our nuclear waste?
Slides: Waste From Nuclear Power Plants https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fSkqC8GYRhobsz39SfH6vzMwaSbmzFmZi--iKG4rOSQ/edit?usp=sharing
What is nuclear waste? https://whatisnuclear.com/articles/waste.html
Storage and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-wastes/storage-and-disposal-of-radioactive-wastes.aspx
Nuclear Waste http://www.denverpost.com/2016/05/24/feds-favor-mini-nuke-power-plants-but-still-face-70k-ton-disposal-burden/
In-Class Time to Work on Research Projects
Thursday, February 23rd
Research Projects Due
Av -
Donovan - Chernobyl
https://docs.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/presentation/d/14PLgLxEcYXcJLMmtqjAb6OwHcH04VuEfNj6_sLupcZ0/edit?usp=sharing
Orin - Fukushima
Alaura - Radiation https://docs.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/presentation/d/1p2nmuB6jCwwa32KQ3USJd8yQdDsyPq1FwMYOD2Nrjms/edit?usp=sharing
Rodney -
Andy - Nuclear Testing on US soldiers
https://docs.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/presentation/d/1nQ7yoh14HXPlwCcGu5QWOYPvX0Tc9weWFjgCgtYSUXE/edit?usp=sharing
Emily - Chernobyl
http://longviewnuclearhistory.weebly.com
Brooke - Nuclear Testing in the Marshall Islands
http://brookeslongviewportfolio.weebly.com/nuclear-history-research-project.html
Ezekiel - Atomic Testing
https://docs.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/presentation/d/1nQ7yoh14HXPlwCcGu5QWOYPvX0Tc9weWFjgCgtYSUXE/edit?usp=sharing
Research Projects Due
Av -
Donovan - Chernobyl
https://docs.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/presentation/d/14PLgLxEcYXcJLMmtqjAb6OwHcH04VuEfNj6_sLupcZ0/edit?usp=sharing
Orin - Fukushima
Alaura - Radiation https://docs.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/presentation/d/1p2nmuB6jCwwa32KQ3USJd8yQdDsyPq1FwMYOD2Nrjms/edit?usp=sharing
Rodney -
Andy - Nuclear Testing on US soldiers
https://docs.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/presentation/d/1nQ7yoh14HXPlwCcGu5QWOYPvX0Tc9weWFjgCgtYSUXE/edit?usp=sharing
Emily - Chernobyl
http://longviewnuclearhistory.weebly.com
Brooke - Nuclear Testing in the Marshall Islands
http://brookeslongviewportfolio.weebly.com/nuclear-history-research-project.html
Ezekiel - Atomic Testing
https://docs.google.com/a/jeffcoschools.us/presentation/d/1nQ7yoh14HXPlwCcGu5QWOYPvX0Tc9weWFjgCgtYSUXE/edit?usp=sharing
Friday, February 24th
Final Exam - https://docs.google.com/document/d/15PY8JKZ1J5Daium5Lv7EnjXj4CkFi2qnxdoyx2XgB9Q/edit?usp=sharing
Other Resources
Question: Can there be morality in war?
Is War Ever Morally Justified? http://theweek.com/articles/449193/war-ever-morally-justified
War and Its Relationship to Morality http://www.globalresearch.ca/war-and-its-relationship-to-morality/32419
Debating Morality https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/debating-morality-hiroshima
Question: Can there be morality in war?
Is War Ever Morally Justified? http://theweek.com/articles/449193/war-ever-morally-justified
War and Its Relationship to Morality http://www.globalresearch.ca/war-and-its-relationship-to-morality/32419
Debating Morality https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/debating-morality-hiroshima
Trinity
Trinity
- Trinity Site Offers Visitors Reminders http://www.mystatesman.com/news/opinion/apodaca-trinity-site-offers-visitors-reminder-the-horrors-war/hsWApzytudT4eJKIGf5YLJ/