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    Alpha Decay investigations
      
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
    
      
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          Title
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        Alpha Decay investigations | 
      
      
        
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            Description
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          This is a guided-inquiry lab that could be used as homework or with a substitute in either chemistry or physics. 
Learning Goals: Students will be able to: Explain alpha decay process.Explain what half-life means in terms of single particles and larger samples. | 
        
      
      
        
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            Subject
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          Chemistry, Physics | 
        
      
      
        
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            Level
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          High School, Undergrad - Intro | 
        
      
      
        
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            Type
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          Lab | 
        
      
      
        
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            Duration
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          30 minutes | 
        
      
      
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          Answers Included
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        No | 
      
      
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          Language
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        English | 
      
      
        
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            Keywords
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          alpha, decay, inquiry, phet | 
        
      
      
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          Simulation(s)
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        Alpha Decay | 
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
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          Author(s)
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        Trish Loeblein | 
      
      
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          Contact Email
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        patricia.loeblein@colorado.edu | 
      
      
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          School / Organization
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        PhET | 
      
      
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          Date submitted
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        4/29/12 | 
      
      
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          Date updated
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        5/4/17 |