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ERIC Number: EJ514058
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0031-921X
The Hot Balloon (Not Air).
Walkiewicz, Thomas A.
Physics Teacher, v33 n6 p344-45 Sep 1995
Describes a technique for extracting a radioactive source from the atmosphere using a balloon, as a strategy to generate students' enthusiasm for and understanding of radioactivity experiments. (JRH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Nuclear Physics, Physics, Radiation, Science Activities, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Sciences, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Geiger Counters; Radioactivity