RADIOACTIVITY

Basic Science JSS3 Second Term

WEEK FIVE

RADIOACTIVITY

Performance Objectives

• Meaning of Radioactivity
• Discovery of Radioactivity
• Types of Radioactivity
• Radioactive Elements
• Types of Radiation and Their Properties
• Nuclear Transmutation
• Uses of Radioactivity

Content

REFERENCE

• Basis Science Made Easy for JSS Three by F.I Kehinde et al
• Basis Science Made Easy for JSS Two by F.I Kehinde et al
• STAN Integrated Science for JSS Three
• Precious Seeds Basic Science for JSSThree by J.O Otugboyega et al.

Meaning of Radioactivity

Radioactivity is the spontaneous disintegration or breaking down of the nucleus of an atom which makes it give out or emit radiation. Any element that disintegrates spontaneously and release rays us called a radioactive element

Discovery of Radioactivity

Radioactivity was discovered by…