Level: High School
Creator: CT-STEM
Topic: Radioactivity
After being provided with some background knowledge related to radiation and how it is measured with a Geiger counter, students will gather data using an online laboratory (iLab). An iLab is an experimental facility that can be accessed through the Internet, allowing students and educators to carry out experiments from anywhere at any time. After gaining access to the Radioactivity iLab on the internet, students will be guided through the process of gathering Geiger Counter data at various distances from the radioactive material. Once data collection is complete, iLab provides a robust data analysis tool, or data can be downloaded and analyzed by hand, using a spreadsheet, or any other data manipulation software. Students will then use radiation data from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant to model radiation levels as a function of distance from the plant.
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