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Pbs Teachers:nordic Sagas: Radioactive Reindeer

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Demonstrate how soil absorbs radioactivity by simulating the absorption of the radioactive isotope from the Chernobyl disaster into the lichen of Scandinavia. Use a chart to figure out the half-life of the isotope.

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Concepts
exothermic reactions, isotopes, reindeer, chernobyl, geiger counters
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Additional Tags
half-life, power plants accidents, radioactive, radioactive contamination, cesium-137, cs-137, lapland, pbs, sami, scandinavia, radioactive half-life
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
NGSS
HS-PS1-8