Mythbusters - Radiation and Cockroaches
Student Worksheet
This episode of Mythbusters tries to answer the question of whether cockroaches could really survive a nuclear disaster or war. Cockroaches, flour beetles, and fruit flies are all exposed to varying levels of radiation and their survival tracked over a period of 30 days.
Essential Concepts: Radioactive decay, radioactive fallout, acute, chronic, alpha particles, beta particles, gamma rays.
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