Radioactivity and Randomness

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Resources

1)Interactive Lecture with dice and a computer simulation (30 minutes)
The students explore randomness using dice and then with the PhET Alpha Decay computer simulation. The students need a copy of the randomness worksheet. The details of the lesson and answers to the worksheet can be found in the teacher's notes.

2) Homework and/or small group work (45 minutes)
The last four questions on the worksheet have the students work with dice and the simulation to reinforce the topics of the lecture and to explore half-lives. They are also introduced to a commercial quantum product - a random number generator - from idquantique.

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