Discuss some of the elements that can be used for radioactive dating. Ask the students why Carbon-14 is used to determine the age of fossils. The students could view a demo or complete the activity on their own using Excel. Chapter 8 Resource Book. This has many different activities you can choose from as well as this assignment written up as a lesson.
Description Give the students the following information and ask the students to solve.
Have the students create a formula using the given answers and their creation. Graph and Answers to following questions 1. Draw a smooth curve through points. Discuss why Carbon-14 isn't used for determining the age of items millions of years old. Give the students the equation and have them solve.