Ages 10 to 11
School subjects
Teacher asks students to:
- describe the Universe as it might have looked at the moment of the Big Bang, which took place 13 billion years ago and accompanied the formation of the first atoms;
- gather information about radioactivity, the work of Pierre and Marie Curie, how nuclear energy is harnessed to produce electrical energy, atomic weapons, radioactive waste;
- debate the merits of nuclear power.