Web Site of the Week

Each week, we highlight a Web site that we think may be helpful in some way to teachers. The highlighted sites are not part of or connected with Science News for Kids, Science News, or Science Service. We are not responsible for their content.

May 17, 2006

Visiting RadTown

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an interactive Web site that uses an animated town to provide basic information on radiation in the environment—from lasers in a stadium light show to X rays at the dentist's office. This virtual community shows the wide variety of radiation sources commonly encountered in everyday life. The site offers a set of fact sheets on different types of radiation, with links to additional information sources.

Go to: www.epa.gov/radtown

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