Can You Isolate the Uranium?

This lesson, developed by Martha Muir, guides students through a simulation of some of the steps and challenges in isolating uranium, and then asks them to compare the quantity of energy obtained from uranium to the amount of energy obtained from coal. Upon completion of the lesson, students should be able to state the role uranium plays in the production of electricity, describe some of the challenges involved in the mining and processing of uranium, use standard and safe lab techniques in a simulation of the isolation and identification of a specified substance, and discuss the relative energy equivalence of uranium versus coal. 

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Can_You_Isolate_The_Uranium.zip

• 1-LP_Can You Isolate the Uranium.pdf (32 KB)
• 2-LP Presentation-Can You Isolate the Uranium.pptx (129 KB)
• 3-Background-Can You Isolate the Uranium.pdf (65 KB)
• 4-Reversing Mother Nature - Worksheet - Student Version.pdf (53 KB)
• 5-Reversing Mother Nature - Worksheet - Teacher Version.pdf (59 KB)
• 6-Qualitative Analysis of 9 Unknowns - Uranium Simulation - Teacher Version (24 KB)
• 7-Qualitative Analysis of 9 Unknowns - Uranium Simulation - Student Version (21 KB)
• 8-Qualitative Analysis of 9 Unknowns - Uranium Simulation - Student Answer Sheet (40 KB)