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Nuclear FusionObjectives

Be able to describe what nuclear fusion is and

when it occurs.

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OUTCOMES• ALL students should be able to describe

what fusion is.

• MOST students should be able to participate sensibly in team work to produce a presentation that summarises information and evaluate others’ work.

• SOME students should be able to explain the process of fusion at a nuclear level and create models to help their explanations.

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Fusion

• What is Nuclear Fusion?• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzKFGnFW

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• Can you describe what fusion means?• What particles are involved?• What conditions are they in?• What does fusion produce?• Why is it so difficult to do?

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Nuclear fusion is the process which powers the Sun and other stars.

What is nuclear fusion?

A worldwide research programme is being carried out to find ways in which nuclear fusion could be harnessed on Earth as a clean and plentiful source of energy.

In this process, small nuclei join together to form larger nuclei and energy is released.

In the Sun’s core, at temperatures of 15 million °C, hydrogen nuclei fuse to form helium nuclei and release vast amounts of energy.

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What happens in nuclear fusion?

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3D task

• You must create a 3D model/presentation that describes how nuclear fusion works.

• In your team you will have the following:• 1 Director/Script Writer• 2 Model Manipulator / Actor• 3 Creative Director

• Criteria:• Everybody participates (teamwork /5)• Clarity of explanation (teaching /5)• Materials are used creatively (creativity /5)

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Assessment• Mark each team against this criteria:• Everybody participates (teamwork /5)• Clarity of explanation (teaching /5)• Materials are used creatively (creativity /5)Team Name Teamwork Teaching Creativity Total

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VAK

Visual, auditory, kinesthetic.

What have you learnt with your eyes this lesson?

What have you learnt with your ears?

What have you learnt with your body?

And finally… a good old singsong!