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Understanding Radioactivity in Geology: The Basics of Decay part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Christina Stringer—University of South Florida, Tampa FL 33620 This activity was developed for Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum. National Science Foundation, DUE 0442629.
PowerPoint module leading students through creation and manipulation of spreadsheet to forward model an example of exponential decay—the number of remaining unpopped kernels of popcorn in a bag of popping popcorn.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Radioisotopes, Education, Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology
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Westward Ho! How Far is Yonder Mountain part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Len Vacher—University of South Florida, Tampa FL 33620 This activity was developed for Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum. National Science Foundation, DUE 0442629.
PowerPoint module leading students through development of a spreadsheet to calculate the distance of a mountain peak from coplanar vertical angles shot from two points a known distance apart.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Geography:Physical, Education