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Fallout from Chornobyl

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A lesson plan for Grades 9–12 Earth/Environmental Science

Provider: National Geographic

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9–12
Subjects
science (environmental science)
Provider
National Geographic

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Students should recognize that changes to the environment in one place can often affect other, distant places. To introduce and reinforce this concept, students will read and analyze several articles describing consequences of the 1986 explosion and fire at a nuclear power plant in Chornobyl, Ukraine. Students will then create a map showing which countries were affected by the disaster and how they were affected.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Science (2005)

Grades 9–12 — Earth/Environmental Science

  • Goal 1: The learner will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry in the earth and environmental sciences.
    • Objective 1.06: Identify and evaluate a range of possible solutions to earth and environmental issues at the local, national, and global level including considerations of:
      • Interdependent human and natural systems.
      • Diverse perspectives.
      • Short and long range impacts.
      • Economic development, environmental quality and sustainability.
      • Opportunities for and consequences of personal decisions.
      • Risks and benefits of technological advances.
  • Goal 2: The learner will build an understanding of lithospheric materials, tectonic processes, and the human and environmental impacts of natural and human-induced changes in the lithosphere.
    • Objective 2.07: Analyze the sources and impacts of society's use of energy.
      • Renewable and non-renewable sources.
      • The impact of human choices on Earth and its systems.