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Get a Half-Life Student Worksheet
Young scientists use a worksheet to help them perform a lab on the decay of a radioactive element. The worksheet serves as both a task guide and a lab sheet for pairs of learners. This activity requires a calculator and has excellent...
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WS 6.1 Nuclear Particles and Reactions
For this nuclear chemistry worksheet, students define radioactivity and the types of nuclear reactions. They label nuclear reactions with one of five types of reactions including fusion, fission, induced, natural decay or electron capture.
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Absolute Ages of Rocks
In this age of rocks worksheet, learners answer five matching questions about terms related to the decay of atoms. They use a strip of paper to simulate half life of atoms and determine the total amount of time it took to deplete the paper.
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Be a Good Egg
Students use an eggshell decay to represent what happens when a person loses someone's trust. In this trust lesson plan, students discuss decay and complete an eggshell decay activity. Students use the experiment to represent what...
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Half-Life Lab
Young scholars participate in a lab in which they are introduced to carbon-dating. In groups, they use the holes of paper from a hole puncher and determine the rate of retention after shaking coins onto the same area. They record their...
