7th Period Chem Half-Life Simulation Lab – Part 2

Hey guys – this is where 7th Period Chemistry posts results for the Half-Life Simulation lab. You’ll just list your data from the second data table as a comment – just like you comment every week, except this time you are just listing the data from the second data table. Don’t forget that your results must be posted by next Monday, Jan. 9, by 5:00 P.M. The lab report will be due written up in your lab book on Tuesday, Jan. 10.

Remember, the number of particles to start with that are listed on the lab sheets are strictly examples. You must with something like 200 or so. You don’t have to use candies; you may use coins or anything else that has two sides. Please note that you are to post the number of “radioactive” nuclides remaining after each toss.

Just to clarify, everything on the lab sheets will go in your lab book. Title, Objective, Procedure, Observations (with data table), Conclusion, and Questions. Don’t forget that your graph needs to be drawn on graph paper, folded in half, and attached in your lab book. It can be stapled or taped (neatly, nothing sticking out of the lab book). And don’t forget that the analysis questions, calculations, graph, etc., go after your conclusion.

Click here if you need a copy of the Half-Life Simulation Lab .
Happy counting – and wait until AFTER the lab to snack!! 🙂

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23 thoughts on “7th Period Chem Half-Life Simulation Lab – Part 2

  1. Toss- Number of Radioactive “nuclei”
    Start- 200
    1- 100
    2- 50
    3- 30
    4- 20
    5- 10
    6- 5
    7- 4
    8- 4
    9- 3
    10- 2
    11- 1
    12- 1
    13- 1
    14- 1
    15- 1
    16- 1
    17- 1
    18- 0

  2. Toss- Number of Radioactive “nuclei”
    Start- 200
    1- 117
    2- 90
    3- 67
    4- 47
    5- 37
    6- 28
    7- 22
    8- 18
    9- 10
    10- 5
    11- 3
    12- 1
    13- 1

  3. Toss: number of radioactive nuclei

    Start: 200
    1: 91
    2: 42
    3: 23
    4: 10
    5: 3
    6: 2
    7: 1
    8-11: 0

    Here is all my data. This lab was very intriguing. Love too learn more about radioactive decay by doing more labs.

  4. Toss 1- 105
    Toss 2- 46
    Toss 3- 28
    Toss 4- 17
    Toss 5- 10
    Toss 6- 6
    Toss 7- 4
    Toss 8- 3
    Toss 9- 2
    Toss 10- 1
    Toss 11- 0

  5. Toss- Number of Radioactive Decay Nuclei
    started with- 200
    toss 1- 108
    toss 2- 71
    toss 3- 42
    toss 4- 18
    toss 5- 3
    toss 6- 2
    toss 7- 0

  6. Somebody still hasn’t posted theirs, but since it’s 5 o’clock should we go ahead and sum the numbers up or wait for the last person?

  7. Lily Yi C7 Says:
    January 9th, 2012 at 8:04 AM

    Began with 421:
    Toss1: 200
    Toss2: 100
    Toss3: 59
    Toss4: 29
    Toss5: 14
    Toss6: 10
    Toss7: 8
    Toss8: 5
    Toss9: 2
    Toss10:2
    Toss11:0

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