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ERIC Number: EJ369486
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Insights.
Bogner, Donna, Ed.
Journal of Chemical Education, v65 n1 p47-49 Jan 1988
Describes two methods to teach radioactive decay to secondary students with wide ranging abilities. Activities are designed to follow classroom discussions of atomic structure, transmutation, half life, and nuclear decay. Includes "The Tasmanian Empire: A Radioactive Dating Activity" and an exercise to teach concepts of half life without using radioactive isotopes. (CW)
Descriptors: Atomic Structure, Chemistry, College Science, Hazardous Materials, Higher Education, Inorganic Chemistry, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Physics, Physical Sciences, Radiation, Radioisotopes, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Radioactivity