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Radioactive Dating Game

Radioactive Dating Game Screenshot
  • Radiometric Dating
  • Carbon Dating
  • Half Life

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Topics

  • Radiometric Dating
  • Carbon Dating
  • Half Life
  • Radioactivity

Description

Learn about different types of radiometric dating, such as carbon dating. Understand how decay and half life work to enable radiometric dating. Play a game that tests your ability to match the percentage of the dating element that remains to the age of the object.

Sample Learning Goals

  • Explain the concept of half-life, including the random nature of it, in terms of single particles and larger samples.
  • Describe the processes of decay, including how elements change and emit energy and/or particles
  • Explain how radiometric dating works and why different elements are used for dating different objects.
  • Identify that 1/2-life is the time for 1/2 of a radioactive substance to decay.
Version 3.27

For Teachers

Teacher Tips

Download teacher tips PDF Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

Teacher-Submitted Activities

Title Gold Star Contribution Contribution by PhET Authors Level Type
Using PhET in High School Chemistry- all my activities in pdf A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS
UG-Intro		 Demo
Lab
HW
Radioactive Dating Game inquiry A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS
UG-Intro		 HW
Lab
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS Other
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other
PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum This contribution was designed by PhET. Julia Chamberlain HS
UG-Intro		 Other
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer MS
HS		 Other
Radioactive Speed Dating Dean Baird, Paul G. Hewitt MS
HS		 Lab
Radioactive Dating Game Kevin Fairchild HS
MS		 Lab
Radio active Dating Game for Earth science Heather Cox HS Lab
Radioactive Dating Game Paul Burgmayer HS Lab
Half Life Walter Watts HS
MS
Other		 Lab
Radioactive Dating Game Glenn Reagan HS Lab
Laboratori de Datació Radioactiva Raquel Arévalo HS Demo
ma quanto è antico quest'osso? Giovanna Mendella HS Other
방사성 연대 측정게임 사용지침서 이화국(Wha Kuk Lee) UG-Intro
HS		 Other
Demo
Lab
Radioatividade e suas aplicações Ricardo Candeiro HS
MS		 HW
Guided
Simulações no Ensino de Fisica Carla Tavares HS Guided
MC
HW
Demo
Lab
Other
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Basque All Basque Run now Datazio Erradioaktiboen Jokoa
Belarusian All беларускі Run now Радыёізатопнае даціраванне
Bosnian All Bosanski Run now DATIRANJE POMOĆU RADIOAKTIVNOSTI - IGRA
Bulgarian All български Run now Игра за определяне на възрастта по радиоактивен метод
Catalan All català Run now Joc de la Datació Radioactiva
Chinese (Simplified) All 中文 (中国) Run now 放射线定年游戏
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Estonian All Eesti Run now Radioaktiivne dateerimismäng
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French All français Run now Jeu de datation par la radioactivité
Galician All Gallegan Run now Xogo de Datación Radiactiva
Georgian All Georgian Run now რადიოლოგიური დათარიღება (იზოტოპური გეოქრონოლოგია)
German All Deutsch Run now Radiometrische Datierung
Greek All Ελληνικά Run now Παιχνίδι ραδιοχρονολόγησης
Haitian All Haitian Run now Jwèt dat Radyoaktiv
Hebrew All עברית Run now משחק תארוך רדיואקטיבי
Hungarian All magyar Run now Radiometrikus kormeghatározás
Indonesian All Bahasa Indonesia Run now Penentuan Umur Radiaktif
Italian All italiano Run now Il gioco della Datazione radiometrica
Japanese All 日本語 Run now 放射線年代測定ゲーム
Kannada All Kannada Run now ವಿಕಿರಣ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆ
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Korean All 한국어 Run now 방사성 연대측정 게임
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Macedonian All македонски Run now Датирање со помош на радиоактивност-игра
Norwegian Bokmal All Norsk bokmål Run now Spill om radioaktiv datering
Norwegian Nynorsk All Norwegian Nynorsk Run now Spel om radioaktiv tidfesting
Pashto All Pushto Run now د راډیو اکټیف عمر لوبه
Persian All فارسی Run now بازى زمان پرتوزا
Polish All polski Run now Datowanie Gra
Portuguese All português Run now Radioactive Dating Game
Portuguese (Brazil) All português (Brasil) Run now Jogo da Datação Radiativa
Romanian All română Run now Joc de datare radioactivă
Russian All русский Run now Радиометрическое датирование
Serbian All Српски Run now ДАТИРАЊЕ ПОМОЋУ РАДИОАКТИВНОСТИ - ИГРА
Sinhalese All Sinhalese Run now Radioactive Dating Game
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Thai All ไทย Run now เกมหาอายุโดยใช้กัมมันตภาพรังสี
Turkish All Türkçe Run now Radyoaktif Yaş Tayini
Turkmen All Turkmen Run now Radioaktiw usul bilen ýaş kesgitleme oýuny
Ukrainian All українська Run now Radioactive Dating Game
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Software Requirements

Windows Macintosh Linux
Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7/8.1/10
Latest version of Java
OS X 10.9.5 or later
Latest version of Java
Latest version of Java

Credits

Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Wendy Adams
  • John Blanco (developer)
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Noah Podolefsky
  • Carl Wieman
  • Interviewer: Noah Podolefsky
  • Piccolo
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