1. Lesson 14: Treatment (part 2)
P4: Radiation for Life
Lesson 14:
Treatment
(part 2)

2. Starter
Think, pair, share! Minute 1: What is a radiographer? Minute 2: Share your thoughts with your partner Minute 3: Share your thoughts with the class

3. Lesson Objectives Describe the use of nuclear radiation in medicine.
Understand the role of the radiographer and the safety precautions they must take.

4. Success Criteria Grade E Grade C Grade A
Recall that only beta and gamma rays can pass through skin
Explain why beta and gamma emitters can be used as tracers
Explain how radioactive sources are used as tracers in medicine
Describe the role of a radiographer
Understand why medical tracers should not remain in the body for long periods
Explain how radioactive sources are used to treat cancer
Key Words:
diagnosis • sterilisation • tracer • radiotherapy • radiographer • emitter •
X-rays • gamma • beta

5. Produce a presentation which informs the reader of the uses of nuclear radiation.
In particular, you are to include the following:
How gamma radiation is used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer
How gamma radiation is used more generally in hospitals
What radiography is
How radioactive tracers are used and administered in medicine
Examples of uses of specific radioactive substances e.g. Iodine-123, Technetium-99m and Cobalt 60
Higher
A comparison of the use of gamma rays and X-rays as tracers
What a gamma camera is

6. Success Criteria Grade E Grade C Grade A
Recall that only beta and gamma rays can pass through skin
Explain why beta and gamma emitters can be used as tracers
Explain how radioactive sources are used as tracers in medicine
Describe the role of a radiographer
Understand why medical tracers should not remain in the body for long periods
Explain how radioactive sources are used to treat cancer
Key Words:
diagnosis • sterilisation • tracer • radiotherapy • radiographer • emitter •
X-rays • gamma • beta