Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Half-Life and Radioactive Decay Activities


Look at the following graph and run the three applets on this page to explore and learn more about radioactive decay and half-life.


Half-Life: Radioactive Decay and Exponential Curve


The first applet shows alpha decay.

Alpha Decay

The second applet shows beta decay.
The second applet shows beta decay


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Beta Decay


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The third applet shows half-life curves and how to use them to find the age of things buried in the ground.
Radioactive Dating Game



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