Education Resources

This guide covers concepts such as interaction of light and energy, nuclear physics, and radioactivity through the workings and applications of the Australian Synchrotron

This workbook gives expanded examples and explanations of the production and decay of radioisotopes, with relevant nuclear equations

This poster explores information about radioactive decay, fission vs fusion, applications of nuclear science and displays the chart of radionuclides.

This poster shows how ANSTO utilises different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum for environmental and medical research.

This poster shows greenhouse emissions measured in Antarctic ice cores and the Cape Grim monitoring station until 2017.

This guide gives instructions for building a cloud chamber to visualise natural background radiation, and includes student discussion questions

This annotated flow diagram explains the production of Molybdenum-99 at ANSTO and its delivery to patients as Technetium-99m

Get your students collaborating, prototyping and testing with our In-Class Design Challenge. Designed to address the 2025 National Science Week theme of "Decoding the Universe", students to explore the fundamental languages of nature, from quantum science and mathematics to pattern recognition and symmetry.

Participate in live radiation demonstrations, cover syllabus content and visit ANSTO virtually during our online depth study classes for Year 12 Physics.

- Participate in live demonstrations to review the properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation.
- Learn about radioactive decay, half-life and methods of detecting radiation, including with a cloud chamber.
- Define and understand applications of fission, fusion, binding energy and mass defect, and investigate the structure and function of the OPAL multipurpose reactor.
- Investigate the role and operation of particle accelerators at ANSTO.

Cost: $90 per class. 

Participate in live radiation demonstrations, cover syllabus content and visit ANSTO virtually during our online depth study classes for Year 12 Investigating Science.

- Participate in live demonstrations of the properties of radiation, shielding and technologies used to detect radiation.
- Learn about the OPAL multipurpose reactor, the use of nuclear medicine and their impact on society.
- Discuss the public perception of nuclear science and the regulation of scientific research.

Cost: $90 per class.