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Radioactive Decay, Fission and Chain Reactions

Title	Radioactive Decay, Fission and Chain Reactions
Description	This in-class work (ICW) is used in a university non-math "How Things Work" course (replacing the lecture). It is designed to accompany section 16.1 in Bloomfield's text (3rd ed). It uses the Radioactive Decay and Nuclear Fission simulations, and is preceded by an in-class activity "Decay by Die" that does not use simulations and is also included as a separate Word document file. (I also have a version of "Decay by Die "that uses two die, more interesting if you want to study probability... contact me if interested or if solutions are desired.)
Subject	Physics
Level	High School, Undergrad - Intro
Type	Lab, Other
Duration	90 minutes
Answers Included	No
Language	English
Keywords	chain reactions, fission, half-life, nuclear physics, nuclear power plants, nuclear weapons, radioactivity, readioactive decay, tunneling
Simulation(s)	Alpha Decay, Nuclear Fission