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Curated Video
Understanding Radioactive Decay and Half-Life
In this video, students learn about radioactive decay and how to solve half-life models. The teacher explains the concepts using examples and equations, demonstrating how to calculate the time it takes for a substance to decay to half...
Curated Video
Graphing Depreciation: Using Exponential Decay Functions
In this lesson, students will learn how to graph the depreciation of an item using an exponential decay function. Using the example of Rama's truck, they will understand how the value of the truck decreases by a certain percentage each...
FuseSchool
How Do Fossils Form
Fossils are the preserved remains of an animal or plant in a rock. Many of the fossils discovered so far are the ancestors of organisms that are alive today. The study of fossils is called paleontology. Much of what we understand about...
Curated Video
Erosion
This live-action video program is about erosion. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the term through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics and...
Curated Video
Way Cool Science II: Ecosystems and Biomes
The climate, animals, and plant life vary greatly in the different parts of the world. Students explore how wildlife and the environment work together in harmony. By viewing the program and engaging in activities, viewers will learn to...
Educreations
Decay Equations
Scholars will be in their element with these decay equations found in a video that solves an example of alpha decay and beta decay. Gamma, or light, emission adds an extra concept to the equation. Then, through an analysis of which...
SciShow
Weak Interaction: The Four Fundamental Forces of Physics #2
Scientists can't just change a neutron to a proton, can they? Although they don't have control of this process yet, they have identified the weak force that does exactly that. The simple graphics in an interesting video explain the...
Curated OER
How Do You Solve a Word Problem with Exponential Decay?
The instructor first identifies what formula to use to solve this word problem. Then she explains what each of the variables stands for and helps match up their given values in this word problem. There are many components to solving this...
Curated OER
Rotting Apple
Even the witch in Snow White had a better looking apple than this! Watch as mold spreads, consuming and rotting a once red apple. May you never have to see this in your lunch box. Show the video instead of attracting fruit flies into...
Curated OER
Fruit and Vegetable Decomposition, Time Lapse
Prepare to be disgusted as a bowl of fruits and vegetables decomposes in a matter of minutes! This video, taken over 74 days, shows the mold and decay, complete with fruit flies. Great for a biology or even nutrition class!
Curated OER
Time Lapse - Tomato
Behold the rotting tomato! In one minute, watch as a tomato shrivels and molds into nastiness. In reality, this took two months.
Curated OER
How Do You Identify Exponential Behavior from a Pattern in the Data?
The teacher illustrates two different exponential tables and explains what each one of them means. These are function tables, one demonstrates exponential growth and the other exponential decay. She clarifies how to analyze the...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Blossoms: The Power of Exponentials, Big and Small
Through this video lesson, students compare exponential growth to polynomial growth and discover how quickly the number can grow or decay in exponentials.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Types of Decay
Sal illustrates the different types of decay: Alpha, Beta, Gamma Decay and Positron Emission. [17:00]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Writing Nuclear Equations for Alpha, Beta, and Gamma Decay
Sal will discuss how to write nuclear equations for alpha, beta, and gamma decay when studying radioactive decay. [8:02]
Crash Course
Crash Course History of Science #31: Marie Curie and Spooky Rays
It's time to talk about one of the most awesome scientists: Marie Curie. She figured out ways to get an education despite limitations of her homeland, was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, and was the first person to win two Nobel...
Bozeman Science
Bozeman Science: Nuclear Processes
Paul Andersen explains three major nuclear processes; fusion, fission, and decay. He begins with a brief discussion of the four fundamental forces in nature. He the explains how nuclei can be combined in fusion, divided through fission,...