Using Popcorn to Simulate Radioactive Decay
http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/activities/popcorn.html

Jennifer Wenner, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College


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In this activity popping popcorn is used to illustrate the spontaneity, unpredictability, and irreversible change associated with radioactive decay. This site provides notes and tips, a list of teaching materials and methods, and links to related online resources.


Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Radioisotopes
Resource Type: Activities
Topics: Chemistry/Physics/Mathematics, Solid Earth:Geochemistry:Radioisotopes