Friday, October 10, 2014

Radiometric Dating

Content/concepts goals for this activity: 

http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/time/activities/60525.html

  • Probabilistic nature of radioactive decay
  • Importance of sample size
  • Time limits to effectiveness of radiometric dating

Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity

  • Observation and explanation of the differences between real events and probabilistic models
  • Extending understanding of this simulation to radiometric dating

Other skills goals for this activity

  • Graphing and probability 

http://vertpaleo.org/PDFS/91/91d355f2-4cf0-43bb-bff7-64f033fd79ac.gif

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