Monday, September 28, 2015
Collecting data for the "Dating-radioactive style" lab
Oh my goodness. It took a very long time. I acquired the help of my other to help sort and count, because i had a lot of homework to do and I didn't want the counting to take all night. However, it was interesting to see the outcome of the squares and on one of our half lives the amount that decayed was exactly half of the half life before it. I felt it tedious, but that it helped students gain the concept of half life, how hard work gains character, and some practice for our counting skills. Good night my fellow students and I hope you all sleep well.
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Oh the counting was no fun at all. I remember once me and my mom, who was helping me, lost count and I wanted to cry. But I do feel like it helped me more understand the concept of half-lives. But the math part of it I got so confused on.
ReplyDeleteI personally am confused as to how the counting the paper squares would help understand half lives. In the lab, the number of paper squares was random, which means some groups may have gotten halves, while others may have gotten a fourth or whatever.
ReplyDeleteThe way that counting the squares helps is that you count the amount left that are right side up each shake. This simulates the effect of radioactive decay because the ones that are right side up represent the parts left undecayed. then the parts left represent the results of a half life.
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