Archaeological Dig - Carbon Dating Exponential & Log - 21st Century Math Project
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Invented in the 1940s by Willard Libby, carbon dating is a process by which archaeologists measure the carbon-14 content in a fossil to determine its approximate age. People and animals acquire carbon-14 by eating plants and animals. Once an organism dies, the amount of carbon-14 in the organism begins to decay.
Turn your Algebra 2 or Pre-Calculus into an Archaeological Research Lab with this 21st Century Math Project. Students will use exponential and logarithmic functions to determine dates of ancient fossils.
In this 14 page document you will be given a mapping to the Content Standards, an outline for how to implement the project, handout resources for students to use, and an answer key. ***THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH A GOOGLE SLIDES INTERACTIVE VERSION INCLUDED. REDOWNLOAD IF YOU HAVE IT ALREADY***
In all it is three different assignments --
-- In “Half Life” students will use lab observations to calculate the half-life of 5 mysterious elements. They’ll use this measurement to determine what the mystery element was.
-- In “Carbon Dating” students will determine whether five artifacts are possibly authentic or fakes. Using the half-life of carbon-14, students will use the half-life formula to calculate the approximate age of the artifacts and compare the dates to the dates of the ancient civilizations.
-- In “Archaeological Dig” students be given information about 7 authentic artifacts and must calculate the ages of the samples using carbon-14 dating and will be asked to summarize their findings based on their research.
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