Outreach Resource Guide

In partnership with Discovery Education and the U. S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy, ANS created the gold standard in nuclear science and technology education in Navigating Nuclear: Energizing Our World.
This dynamic, standards-aligned program  invites students to explore the many applications of nuclear science and its impact on energy, healthcare, food, and the environment through an interactive suite of  FREE  classroom resources.

1. Navigating Nuclear lesson plans and project starters
   • Elementary
   • Middle School
   • High School
2. Virtual Field Trips
   • Palo Verde Generating Station
   • Idaho National Laboratory
   • Deep Space Exploration

• Find Your Pathway to a Career in Nuclear brochure.
  • Use the print-ready artwork to create as many as you like*, or ask us about obtaining printed copies.
• Videos and downloads
  • Spotlight on Nuclear Career recorded interviews with nuclear professionals
    • Space nuclear power
    • New nuclear technologies
    • Life sciences
    • Nuclear energy
    • Women in nuclear trades
  • See It, Be It webinars sponsored by Constellation
    • See It, Be It Pathways to Nuclear Careers
    • Sail Into a Career in Nuclear Science and Technology
• Downloadable occupation profiles
  • Nuclear Security Researcher
  • Radiochemist
  • Fuels Reliability Engineer

• Nuclear 101 Nuclear Science Basics
  • History, atomic structure, isotopes, atomic mass
• Webinars—developed for teachers, valuable for anyone
  • Research Reactors: Critical and Sub-critical Assemblies
  • Build a Nucleus:
    K-12 Classroom Investigations
  • Microreactors:
    Nuclear Power in a Small, Modular Package
  • Radioisotopes:
    Nuclear Applications Beyond Energy
  • Decoding Radioactive Decay:
    Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and More
  • Integrating Energy Systems for a Greener Future
  • Measuring Radiation:
    K-12 Classroom Investigations
  • Visualizing Radiation:
    Making Radiation Real with Cloud Chambers
  • What About the Waste?
    Managing the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
  • Nuclear Energy: Fission, Fusion, and the Future

• Visualizing Radiation Cloud Chamber Kit

  The kit includes materials to build four cloud chambers and is available FREE by request.

• Making Atoms Visible: Cloud Chambers and Electroscopes
• The Half-life of Licorice and M&Ms
• Irradiated Salt Demonstration
• Critical Mass: Controlling Fission
• Coloring Pages

• ANS has numerous resources virtual or in-person workshops for our Girl Scout ‘Get to Know Nuclear’ patch program. However, the resources are ideal for other scouting programs and out-of-school experiences.
  
  
  • Get to Know Nuclear patches
  • Get to Know Nuclear Girl Scout Patch requirements and resources
  • How to Host a Get to Know Nuclear Workshop

• Nuclear Energy
• Measuring Radiation
• Visualizing Radiation with Cloud Chambers

• Radiation Dose Calculator
• Source Energy Equivalent “fuel pellet” cards
• Coloring Pages
• Anatomy of an Atom die cut mobile activity