Radiometric Age Dating
1. Draw a 10x10 grid on paper
2. Use M&M's, skittles, pennies, etc. (has to have a heads and tails)
3. Put 100 items, heads up on the grid (100 left)
4. Take all off, shake and empty on grid
5. Take all heads up items off (47 left)
repeat #4 & #5
-as repeated-
(18 left) then,
(5 left) then,
(4 left) then,
(3 left) then,
(3 left) then,
(1 left) then,
(0 left)
As a class we averaged these numbers out to show that nearly every shake & empty, 50% of the items were removed.
The graph would look something like this:
-as repeated-
(18 left) then,
(5 left) then,
(4 left) then,
(3 left) then,
(3 left) then,
(1 left) then,
(0 left)
The graph would look something like this:
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