About Us

Our team consists of distinct individuals that have been brought together by our coach, Miss Alves. First, the coaches, Miss Alves and Mrs. Ali have an interesting background that have become an asset to the group. Miss Alves has been our English teacher for the past two years. She has lived in various regions of the United States, and recently graduated from Michigan State University. Mrs. Ali is currently looking for a Ph.D in Educational Technology.

The six team members all attend McKinley School in Pasadena, California. Some of us are from different countries; while others have lived spent most of their childhood in the same location. First, is Daniel, our flash expert. He is also an aspiring writer.

Mason is our web designer. He pieced all our components together. Mason enjoys traveling; is extremely talented in “lighting” for school plays; basically, the school technology “guru.” What is most interesting about Mason is that he read a book on how to design websites. He did not take a course or have an adult demonstrate how to develop a website. Brad is another member of our group. He is talented in creating graphics, and hopes to pursue a career in Visual Arts.

Dakota is our Photoshop genius. Many of the banners you see in our website were created by him. Then there is Jay and Eugene. They are from different countries, India and Malaysia. They are talented in researching, writing, and proof reading material.

We were all passionate about the same topic--nuclear energy. Our cultural backgrounds, various points of views, and aspirations for the future make us all unique. Each of the team members brought a special skill to contribute to the research and designing of the website.

Key Terms:

Ballistic: pertaining to or caused by projectiles

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Two cities in Japan that were bombed with nukes in repercussion of the bombing of Pearl Harbor

Ground Zero: The site directly below, directly above, or at the point of detonation of a nuclear weapon.

Thermal Radiation: electromagnetic radiation emitted by all matter above a temperature of absolute zero

Nuke: A nuclear weapon

Air Shock: A wave of pressure expanding from the place where a bomb hit

EMP (electromagnetic pulse): a burst of electromagnetic energy produced by a nuclear explosion in the atmosphere

Isotope: An element that has a different number of neutrons in its nucleus, but the same number of protons and electrons (atomic number)

Megawatt: A unit of power equal to one-million watts