In this activity, students will review and investigate the stability of the nucleus of various elements and determine factors that affect that stability. Students will get an understanding of why certain nuclei are unstable and what type of decay occurs that will make them more stable.

Additional Tags

nuclear particles, nucleus, nucleus stability, coulomb forces, atomic nucleus

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)