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Earth's Age: The Dating Game

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Students conduct a simulation to determine radioactive decay and half-life. Using pennies, dice or sugar cubes as isotopes placed in shoe boxes simulating rocks, they hold five trials representing 1000 years each to find the theoretical age for the remaining specimens that have not "decayed."

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atoms, isotopes, radiation

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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Math
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategy
Simulation
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