Friday Fun: International Chernobyl Remembrance Day

International Chernobyl Remembrance Day - April 26

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster has affected the lives of many people all over Europe to this day. Although the incident caused the shut-down of the plant; long-lasing, damaging consequences resulted (including radiation exposure, air pollution, lethal rain and contaminated water).

This has been noted as one of the most severe and dangerous disasters in human history.

International Chernobyl Remembrance Day was created to teach people about the history of this incident, observe the consequences of what happened, and prevent future events from happening again.

Dive a Little Deeper

Observance of this day can start by learning about & understanding what happened during the Chernobyl Disaster.

You might like to:

Learn about the disaster and the ongoing effects.

Tune into the live speeches by the UN Inter-Agency Task Force.

Learn more about nuclear power.

Watch a film or documentary.

Some ready-made fun:

An interesting article about the Forests around Chernobyl.

This great Pinterest board about Chernobyl has lots of related resources to start you down all kinds of rabbit holes.

Chernobyl International's Educational Resource.

A Visual Analysis Activity for Students.

National Geographic Chernobyl resources.