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\nHalf Life Problems\n

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\nDoes a radioactive cat have 18 half-lives? An understanding of half-life is important in both chemistry and biology, so start your young scientists off the right way — with the good foundation provided by a video that begins with a graph...\n
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\nFrosty the Snowman Meets His Demise: An Analogy to Carbon Dating\n

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\nYoung scholars read and discuss an article about carbon dating, then participate in a hands-on lab to discover how carbon dating works. Students also write a letter to a friend explaining the process, and how archeologists use the...\n
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\nAccuracy of Carbon 14 Dating II\n

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\nThe scientific issue of carbon-14 dating and exponential decay gets a statistics-based treatment in this problem. The class starts with a basic investigation of carbon content, but then branches out to questions of accuracy and...\n
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\nLogarithmic and Exponential Problem Solving\n

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\nJust how old is it? The 22nd portion to a 23-part Precalculus unit uses radiocarbon dating and other exponential modeled real-world problems. Learners use the inverse relationship between logarithms and exponentials to solve the problem...\n
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\nCarbon Dating\n

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\nIn this carbon dating learning exercise, students read about carbon dating and the estimate the age of a given fossil. This one-page learning exercise contains one multi-step problem.\n
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\nRegents High School Examination: Physical Setting Earth Science 2008\n

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\nThroughout this earth science exam, high school geologists complete a series of multiple-choice and short-answer questions about the solar system, atmosphere, and Earth system. This is an amazing test, as are all of the exams developed...\n
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\nCarbon 14 Dating\n

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\nEvaluating and analyzing exponential functions will help your archaeologists find the amount of Carbon 14 remaining in a plant in this real-life task centered on carbon dating. Learners will also be introduced to the concept of half-life.\n
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\nDid Raptorex Really Exist?\n

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\nAncient fossils have many stories to tell. Scientists must use different strategies to read these remnants. A video lesson explains how archeologists use different strategies to date each specimen. The timeline of a fossil helps identify...\n
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\nCarbon Dating\n

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\nSimulate C-14 decay using M&M and Reese's Pieces candies. In this scatter-plot lesson, students perform an experiment to simulate the half life of C-14. Information is plotted on a scatter-plot. Students answer four comprehension...\n
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\nThe Last Time the Globe Warmed\n

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\nGlobal warming ... greenhouse gases ... climate change ... sounds familiar, right? What about palm trees in Wyoming, or swimming in the sea near Antarctica? Science scholars discover the unbearable conditions Earth experienced during its...\n
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\nI'm Late, I'm Late, for a Radioactive Date!\n

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\nThrough the use of an interactive Web site, students explore C-14 and C-14 dating. Then students analyze an article written about the C-14 dating of the Shroud of Turin and draw conclusions.\n
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\nThe History of Life\n

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\nIn this history of life worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by figuring out the vocabulary words associated with the 11 clues given. Then students review how paleontologists use fossils to learn more about past living things...\n
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\nUsing Radioactive Decay To Determine Age\n

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\nStudents explore the process of carbon dating fossils to determine their age. They simulate radioactive decay using pennies in a shoe box. Heads represents a decayed atom each time they shake the box. They use the data to calculate the...\n
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\nRadiocarbon Dating\n

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\nRadiocarbon dating is only effective in dating objects that are less than 50,000 years old. In the video, scholars learn how Carbon-14 differs from Carbon-12 and Carbon-13. The instructor then explains how Carbon-14 is made and how it...\n
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\nArlington Springs Man: Lesson Plan 2\n

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\nWest of the West's documentary Arlington Springs Man and a two-page scientific article about the same topic provide the text for a reading comprehension exercise that asks individuals to craft a one page summary of information gathered...\n
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\nDetermining Absolute Age\n

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\nHow can radioactive decay help date old objects? Learners explore half-life and radioactive decay by conducting an experiment using pennies to represent atoms. Young scientists graph data from the experiment to identify radioactive decay...\n
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\nUsing the Scientific Process to Study Human Evolution\n

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\nDid humans and dinosaurs coexist? How do we know? Scholars dig in to the tools and methods researchers used to study the process of human evolution by watching a slideshow with embedded video clips. Pupils learn the importance of asking...\n
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\nDeep History of Life on Earth\n

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\nTake it all the way back! Young scientists discover the changes that took place from the time Earth became solid to present day through an interesting interactive. The resource guides users through key events that have shaped our world...\n
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\nWhat Happened to the World's Greatest Ape?\n

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\nGigantopithecus was the greatest of the great apes! Whatever became of them? Take a journey to Asia and explore the forests and grasslands that were once home to the large primate using a video from an extentsive biology playlist....\n
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\nCarbon 14 Dating in Practice II\n

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\nProperties of Matter\n

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\nNinth graders explore the molecular structure of matter and how it can affect the physical characteristics of a specific material. They demonstrate that isotopes of an element have different masses. Students demonstrate that the rates of...\n
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\nHow is Atomic Energy Used Today\n

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\nStudents investigate energy sources by examining photographs.  In this atomic energy instructional activity,  students identify and describe various pictures and how atomic energy is used in them.  Students create a...\n
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\nMocomi: Carbon Dating\n

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\nHow do we know how old a fossil is? We use carbon, as every living being has carbon. Carbon dating, also known as radiocarbon dating, is a method of estimating the age of carbon-bearing materials up to 60,000 years old. Scroll through to...\n
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\nMit: Inventor of the Week: Willard Libby Carbon Dating\n

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\nUse this site to learn about radiocarbon dating and the scientist who discovered it, Willard Libby (1908-1980 CE).\n
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