Inquiry Into Radioactivity - Atom Invaders

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Use in Curriculum

For more information, see Supplementary Materials for Radiation and Atomic Literacy for Nonscientists

Using the Atom Invaders simulator students shoot radiation at individual nitrogen atoms or N2 molecules and observe the results. This simulator also enables a very crude investigation of how ionizing energy varies for each electron removed from the atom.

Controls

• Press the S key to scan an atom.
• Press the Z key to zoom into an atom's nucleus.

Information for Developers

This is a Unity3D project. To open it, you will need:

• Unity3D 2018.4.17 LTS
• Blender

I wrote this application when I was a little kid! So I'm sorry about the poor naming conventions and code quality.