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Deja, Katarzyna; Adamowski, Lukasz; Kirejczyk, Marek; Marcinkowska-Sanner, Maja; Gasowska, Martyna – Physics Education, 2020
This article presents the Polish project entitled 'Detektory dla Szkol' ('Detectors for Schools', throughout the paper referred to as 'the programme'). It was developed at the Education and Training Division of the National Centre for Nuclear Research (Narodowe Centrum Badan Jadrowych, NCBJ) in Poland. The programme allows the schools to borrow…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Measurement Equipment, Science Equipment
Elbanowska-Ciemuchowska, Stefania; Giembicka, Magdalena Anna – Online Submission, 2011
Teaching nuclear physics in secondary schools offers us a unique possibility to increase our students' awareness of the influence that modern science and its achievements have on the everyday life of contemporary people. Students gain an opportunity to learn in what ways the outcome of laboratory research is put to use in such fields as medicine,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Nuclear Physics, Science Instruction
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Underwood, Martin – Physics Education, 2008
Joseph Rotblat was one of the most distinguished nuclear physicists and peace campaigners of the post Second World War period. His peace activities rank alongside those of Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell; he won the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with the Pugwash movement, that he helped found. However, he made significant contributions to…
Descriptors: Radiation, Foreign Countries, Scientists, Activism