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M&M Model for Radioactive Decay
A tasty in-class demonstration of radioactive decay using two colors of M&M's. Illustrates the quantitative concepts of probability and exponential decay. This activity is appropriate for small classes (<40 students).
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- Material Type:
- Simulation
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- July 27, 2016
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- July 27, 2016
- Author:
- Jennifer Wenner
- Submitter:
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Barbra Bied Sperling
- Primary Audience:
- College Lower Division
- Technical Format:
- Website
- Mobile Compatibility:
- Not specified at this time
- Language:
- English
- Cost Involved:
- No
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- No
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States
