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Carbon 14 Dating

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Seven pages all about Carbon 14 Dating. Information on half-life, Carbon 14 used to date specimens and artifacts, limitations, charts and graphs. Michael E. Brown Ph.D. contests that the limitations of Carbon 14 dating support the theory of a much younger earth. This material should be approached as one individual's theory.

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creationism, dating, fossils

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cosmic ray, dating fossils, fossil date, fossil dating, origins, carbon 14, carbon 14 dating, fossil, carbon-14 dating

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Assessment

Carbon 14 Dating in Practice I

Illustrative Mathematics
How old is the plant? Here is a task that presents the exponential decay function for carbon 14 in a plant. Pupils use the function to estimate the amount of carbon 14 in the plant when it died and analyze the function to find what...
9th - 12th Math
CCSS: Designed
Instructional Video

Carbon 14 Dating 1, Life on Earth and in the Universe, Cosmology and Astronomy

Khan Academy
Sal introduces Carbon 14 in this chemistry video and explains to students how it is found in all living things. He also explains how carbon-14 is used to date items from the past. He points out that Carbon 14 can only enter a living...
10 mins 7th - 10th Science
Instructional Video

Khan Academy: Carbon 14 Dating 2

Khan Academy
A video to explore how to use carbon 14 dating to investigate history of life on Earth.
9th - 10th Science
Website

Aus E Tute: Carbon 14 Dating Tutorial

Other
Site provides an on-line tutorial of Carbon 14 dating. Outlines the production of Carbon-14, radiocarbon dating, materials that can be Dated using the Carbon-14 Method and a brief history of Carbon-14 Dating Methods.
9th - 10th Science
Website

Carbon 14 Dating Calendar

University of Nebraska
Provides a Carbon 14 Dating Calculator to compute the percent of Carbon 14 remaining after a given number of years. Also calculates how many years have elapsed from how much Carbon 14 remains.
9th - 10th Science
Lesson Plan

Illustrative Mathematics: N q.a.3 and F le.a.4: Accuracy of Carbon 14 Dating Ii

Illustrative Mathematics
This task is a refinement of "Carbon 14 dating" which focuses on accuracy. Aligns with N-Q.A.3 and F-LE.A.4.
9th - 10th Science
Instructional Video

Khan Academy: Measuring Age on Earth: Carbon 14 Dating 2

Khan Academy
Continues a discussion of Carbon 14 dating from a previous video. [4:15]
9th - 10th Science
Instructional Video

Khan Academy: Carbon 14 Dating 1

Khan Academy
An introduction video to carbon 14 and how it comes about and how it gets into living things. [10:03]
9th - 10th Science
Instructional Video

Khan Academy: Measuring Age on Earth: Carbon 14 Dating 1

Khan Academy
An introduction to Carbon 14, how it comes about, how it spreads throughout the Earth and living things, and its use in estimating when an organism died.
9th - 10th Science
eBook

Science Struck: How Does Carbon 14 Dating Work?

Science Struck
Learn about carbon-14 dating and how it works.
9th - 10th Science
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