1. The history of radioactivity
• Prepare a role-play to tell the story
of how the ideas about the dangers
of using radioactive materials
developed.
• Time: 30 minutes

2. Scene 1 Bequerel and research
assistants
• Discovery of gamma rays from
uranium

3. Scene 2 Marie Curie part 1
• Her research, unaware of the dangers

4. Scene 3 Quack cures
• Early misguided use of radioactivity

5. Scene 4 Marie Curie part 2
• Her medical achievement and
suffering

6. Scene 5 Hiroshima
• The legacy of atomic bomb

7. Scene 6 Hospital waiting room
• Modern radiation treatment