Chapter P2 - Radiation and Life

Revision

• download legacy course checklist, download new course checklist
• legacy Bitesize P2 revision page, new course Bitesize P2 revision page
• Revision cards from funnyscience.co.uk
• Revision ppt for Radiation and Life
• StudyStack flash card activity
• Nasa's ozonewatch pages

Sunburn and Ultra-Violet Radiation

• Cancer Research UK Sunsmart uv page

The Ozone Hole

• Images of the Ozone Hole today

Infrared Camera Video Clips

• Infrared radiation is given out by all hot objects. "Thermal Imaging" cameras detect this infrared radiation.

Carbon Cycle, Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming

• Carbon Cycle animation US Environmental Protection Agency
• Carbon Cycle Game follow the path of an individual carbon atom
• "Climate Change: a summary of the science" produced by the Royal Society.
• Met Office Climate Change pages
• Climate Change debate summary of the Natural Environment Research Council's public debate on the topic.

Iain Stewart demonstrating the absorption of infra red by carbon dioxide

Try this PhET simulation to illustrate the greenhouse effect

Analogue and Digital Signals

• Animation to show analogue to digital conversion