Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Accuracy of Carbon 14 Dating II

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The scientific issue of carbon-14 dating and exponential decay gets a statistics-based treatment in this problem. The class starts with a basic investigation of carbon content, but then branches out to questions of accuracy and...
Activity
Other

How to Date a Fossil

For Students 9th - 10th
Radiometric dating, fission-track dating, and amino-acid dating are explained in this succinct site.