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Explore Sources of Radiation in a Neighborhood

Click on different parts of the image below, or on one of the links below the image, to explore houses, schools, hospitals and sources of non-ionizing radiation that you may encounter in your everyday life.

Learn about radiation sources in the homeLearn about radiation sources in schoolsLearn about radiation sources in the houseLearn about electric and magnetic radiationLearn about radiation sources used in medicine

Bring radiation basics into the classroom!

EPA's Radiation Education Activities are designed to help increase awareness and understanding of radiation concepts among middle and high school students. The activities introduce basic concepts of radiation, non-ionizing and ionizing radiation, radiation protection, radioactive atoms and radioactive decay. 

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