Date a Dinosaur Half-Life Activity
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This was a fun resource for my students to make half-life calculations! They loved figuring out how how old the dinosaur bones were!
I really liked this lesson, it gave them tangible reasons for why there's multiple types of radiometric dating. I was able to add some post-activity questions of my own to expand what I wanted the activity to cover. Thanks for this great resource!
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This activity allows students to work with the concepts of radioactive decay as it pertains to radiometric dating. Students use construction paper to model the radioactive decay of various substances, ultimately creating a graph that they use to date a variety of prehistoric specimens. This zip file includes 1. Teacher Directions Sheet, 2. Student Sheet, 3. PowerPoint
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45 minutes
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