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Using Melting Ice to Teach Radiometric Decay

Using Melting Ice to Teach Radiometric Decay

Students are challenged to a Sherlock Holmes-style mystery in which they construct their own decay curves of melting ice to determine time-zero.

Keywords:
Radiometric Decay, Quantitative Skills in Geoscience, Chemistry, Geoscience, NSDL, Radioisotopes, Education, Historical Geology, Demonstrations, Physics
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Author:
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Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
College Lower Division
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Website
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Language:
English
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