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    PhET LAB Alpha (IB 7.2)
      
    
    
    
     
    
    
    
    
    
      
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          Title
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        PhET LAB Alpha (IB 7.2) | 
      
      
        
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            Description
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          Students use PhET to describe and model alpha decay and define half-life.  They also create a graph of radioactive decay using Excel and uncertainties. | 
        
      
      
        
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            Subject
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          Physics | 
        
      
      
        
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            Level
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          High School | 
        
      
      
        
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            Type
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          Lab | 
        
      
      
        
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            Duration
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          60 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, half-life, radioactive | 
        
      
      
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          Simulation(s)
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        Alpha Decay | 
      
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
      
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          Author(s)
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        Benjamin Forbes | 
      
      
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          Contact Email
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        forbesbc@staffordschools.net | 
      
      
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          School / Organization
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        Stafford County Public Schools | 
      
      
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          Date submitted
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        2/16/15 | 
      
      
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          Date updated
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        2/16/15 |