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World War II
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Atomic Bomb
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1.  What effect does radiation have on the human body? Increase your knowledge here http://www.hiroshima-is.ac.jp/Hiroshima/radiation.htm.
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2.  What is nuclear fission?  Learn about it here. http://www.atomicarchive.com/Fission/Fission1.shtml.
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3.  What was the Manhattan Project? Find out at this site. http://www.atomicmuseum.com/tour/manhattanproject.cfm
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4.  Why did we drop the bomb on Japan? See why here http://www.csi.ad.jp/ABOMB/
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5. Read a few of the stories at http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hidankyo/nihon/english/witness.htm and tell what it must have felt like to be at Hiroshima or Nagasaki when one of the bombs was dropped.
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6. Who was Robert Oppenheimer and what did he do? There’s information here http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/baoppe.html.
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7. How does an atomic bomb work? Find out on this really long page http://serendipity.magnet.ch/more/atomic.html.
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8. What did Enrico Fermi do and who was he? The answer is here http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95sep/fermi.html.
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9.Who was Paul Tibbets and what did he do? Learn about him and the Enola Gay here http://www.theenolagay.com/man.html.
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10.Who were "Fat Man" and "Little Boy"? See who they were here http://www.atomicmuseum.com/tour/dd2.cfm.
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