This volume will help you challenge your 11th graders to figure out the best response to a partial meltdown at a nuclear reactor in fictional Gammatown, USA. It teaches authentic problem solving and integrated STEM disciplines and uses project- and problem-based learning to help students understand the debate over the safety and efficiency of nuclear power. Student teams will use the science and history of nuclear energy to explain how radioactive decay, nuclear fission, and nuclear fusion work; model nuclear fission, create computer-generated simulations, and perform mathematical computations; calculate the energy yield of an individual nuclear event (decay, fission, and fusion) and use exponential functions to represent chain reactions; identify safety and environmental concerns of using nuclear fission in power plants; explain the history of nuclear energy use and key milestones that have influenced society; and present how to solve the crisis from their group's perspective.