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Standard RI.MC

RI.MC Meaning and Context

Grade(s): 11

Subject(s): English Language Arts

Year: 2015

Archaeo-Tech: Radiocarbon Dating
Archaeo-Tech: Radiocarbon Dating

Lesson

Students explore the concept of radioactive decay and half-life through a penny-flipping activity, then learn how this principle is used in radiocarbon dating to estimate the age of ancient organic...