Students model the rate of radioactive changes with pennies and then dice, constructing graphs and finding the half-life of their two “radioactive isotopes”.
- Subject:
- Chemistry
- Science
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Date Added:
- 01/15/2019
Students model the rate of radioactive changes with pennies and then dice, constructing graphs and finding the half-life of their two “radioactive isotopes”.
Learn about different types of radiometric dating, such as carbon dating. Understand how decay and half life work to enable radiometric dating to work. Play a game that tests your ability to match the percentage of the dating element that remains to the age of the object.
Learn about different types of radiometric dating, such as carbon dating. Understand how decay and half life work to enable radiometric dating to work. Play a game that tests your ability to match the percentage of the dating element that remains to the age of the object.