The Atom Bomb
Designed by: Jake L.
What is the process of nuclear fission? To find out the physics
behind the bomb go to http://www.atomicarchive.com/main.shtml
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What is the process of nuclear fusion? To find out more go to http://www.atomicarchive.com/main.shtml
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What did the Oak Ridge Petition ask for? To find the answer go to http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html
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How much radiation do you get every year and what is too much? To
take the test go to http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/trinity/index.html
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Discuss the movies "Above and Beyond", and "Enola
Gay" Which one is more accurate? To learn more go to http://www.theenolagay.com/
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What was the effect of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima? To find out
more go to http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/northamerican/
TheAtomicBombingsofHiroshimaandNagasaki/chap6.html and listen to the audio file
of Harry Truman.
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Why did Enrico Fermi leave Italy? To find the answer go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dp42fe.html
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Go to http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hidankyo/nihon/english/witness.htm
read at least two stories. What do you find in common with these stories?
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Go to http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/small/mb10.htm and read the announcement that Truman
gave on the atomic bomb. How do you think that he felt about the atomic bomb?
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Now with all that you know about the atomic bomb do you think that
it should have been used? Do you think that it should be used in the future?
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