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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Half Life From Graph

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the half-life of an isotope based on the graph of the amount of the isotope left as a function of time.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Half Life From Data

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the half-life of an isotope based on the activity data of the isotope as a function of time.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Decay Constant and Half Life From Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the decay constant and half-life of an isotope based on the activity data of the isotope as a function of time.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Half Life Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity explains how students use a CBL2 and TI-83 or TI-84 calculator to collect and calculate the half-life of a barium isotope. Students can use an isogenerator to milk out a meta stable isotope of Barium with a short half-life....
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: A Matter of Half Life and Death

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the topic of exponential decay and half-life. The lesson is built around Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope, and it's declining radioactivity over the course...
Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Halflife

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive tutorial on half life. Very readable and has a little extra for the advanced student.
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Radioactive Emissions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on radioactive emissions including radioactive decay, half-life, using half-life, how to calculate net decline, a table showing how the count rate of an isotope might change over time, and a link to a test.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers:nordic Sagas: Radioactive Reindeer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Demonstrate how soil absorbs radioactivity by simulating the absorption of the radioactive isotope from the Chernobyl disaster into the lichen of Scandinavia. Use a chart to figure out the half-life of the isotope.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Radioactive Decay Calculator

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use this online Radioactive Decay Calculator to compute radioactive decay, timed decay, and timed solid disposal for a databank containing 116 isotopes. This calculator also features University of British Columbia disposal...
Unit Plan
Other

American Institute of Physics: Marie Curie and Radioactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
A very readable account of the discovery of radioactivity and its properties.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Coming Into America: Dating Artifacts 9 12 [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate new discussions on the presence of humans in North America, and emulate the work of archeologists in dating artifacts at a dig site. Use clay to model how the radioactive isotope of carbon (C14) is used in dating organic...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Radioactive Decay as a Measure of Age

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of radioactive decay.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Radioactive Decay as a Measure of Age

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of radioactive decay.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Radiocarbon Dating

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about how radiocarbon dating works and how anthropologists can use this method to figure out who long ago people lived. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available. [5:41]
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Marie Curie's Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Study the basics of radioactive decay and the properties of atomic nuclei in Marie Curie's laboratory and classroom. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available. [3:32]