This guide covers concepts such as interaction of light and energy, nuclear physics, and radioactivity through the workings and applications of the Australian Synchrotron
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Nuclear Equations Workbook
This workbook gives expanded examples and explanations of the production and decay of radioisotopes, with relevant nuclear equations
Chart of radionuclides
This poster explores information about radioactive decay, fission vs fusion, applications of nuclear science and displays the chart of radionuclides.
Electromagnetic spectrum
This poster shows how ANSTO utilises different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum for environmental and medical research.
Antarctic greenhouse gas data
This poster shows greenhouse emissions measured in Antarctic ice cores and the Cape Grim monitoring station until 2017.
Cloud Chamber Experiment Guide
This guide gives instructions for building a cloud chamber to visualise natural background radiation, and includes student discussion questions
Molybdenum Supply Chain Diagram
This annotated flow diagram explains the production of Molybdenum-99 at ANSTO and its delivery to patients as Technetium-99m
National Science Week 2025 In-Class Design Challenge
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.
Radiocarbon dating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories
In this workbook, students will:
- learn about radiocarbon dating and its applications to cultural heritage materials.
- analyse and interpret different texts and videos to better understand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
- build literacy and numeracy capabilities using cloze passages, writing a glossary, interpreting graphs, answering comprehension questions, and making a timeline and a map to summarise the research stories.
Radionuclides in medicine
Nuclear medicine uses radiation to provide information about the functioning of a person's specific organs to diagnose or treat disease.
For three unknown medical radionuclides, students will graph their decay over time, use the graph to calculate their half-life, and determine the identify and use of each radionuclide using background information provided.