DoNow: What percent of the parent nucleotide remains after three half-lives? What fraction? What information do you need to determine the age of an artifact? (Smithsonian)
AIM: I can us a computer simulation to describe how increasing the amount of data increases the statistic reliability of data and how to determine actual age of rock strata or layers.
Activities:
- Submit Reading Notes 11.10 (Ch 11.10) (pdf) (video) p93; SSN 11.9 Radioactive Decay as a Measure of Age (slideshow) p92; Half-Life of Licorice Nice Bar Graph Activity p94
- Tableshare SSN 11.10 Radiometric Dating (slideshow) p96; Half-Life of Red Vine Worksheet p95
- Radiometric Dating Game (PhET Simulation java devices only) (procedure) p97
Homework:
Complete Radiometric Dating Game (PhET Simulation java devices only) (procedure) p97
Due Next Class: SSN 11.10 Radiometric Dating (slideshow) p96; Half-Life of Red Vine Worksheet p95
Coming Up:
Relative and Absolute Dating
Age of Earth Quiz ~4 classes away
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