This workshop will focus on using cloud chambers and Geiger counters to help teach the principles of radioactivity and radiation. Participants will receive a wealth of materials - a cloud chamber kit and Geiger counter, workbooks, and classroom activities. This workshop will include a tour to the Advanced Light Source or Cyclotron and lectures by leading scientists. The educational material is targeted for high school science teachers, grades 9-12.
Preliminary Topics
• What is radiation?
• How is it measured?
• Where does it come from?
• What experiments can you do in your school?
The workshop registration is free, but as spaces are limited, it is important to RSVP as soon as possible. Lunch will be provided as part of the workshop. We are asking school administrators to consider this workshop an in-service professional development activity.
To enroll, send an email to harmon@berkeley.edu, or complete the registration form and mail it to
Sara Harmon
Nuclear Engineering Department
4155 Etcheverry Hall, MC 1730
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1730
University of California, Berkeley
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
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