Educator Guide: Radioactive Cloud Linked to Russia

RADIOACTIVE RELEASE Scientists have suggested a possible source for a cloud of radioactive material that swept over European countries in 2017: the Russian nuclear plant Mayak (a sign from the facility shown).
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About this guide
This guide, based on the Science News article “Radioactive cloud traced to Russia,” asks students to evaluate evidence, explore global monitoring networks and use an interactive simulation to learn about elements, ions and isotopes.
This Guide Includes:
Atoms, ions and isotopes, oh why?
A nuclear whodunit
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