3 Search Results

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  Young Sheldon: Carbon Dating Lecture

  01:03

  Earth Science

  Paleontology

  radioactive decay

  carbon dating

  MS HS C

  Sheldon and Paige attend a carbon dating lecture. The lecturer asks Paige to explain carbon dating, which she does accurately.

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  Numb3rs: Radiocarbon Dating Explanation

  01:33

  Anthropology

  Calculus

  archaeology

  nuclear chemistry

  compound interest

  exponential decay

  carbon dating

  HS C

  Charlie explains radiocarbon dating and how it is used to calculate the approximate age of an object. To make his explanation more concrete, he uses an analogy involving a refrigerator and the number of ice cubes in it.

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  Cosmos: The Age of Rocks

  03:03

  Astronomy

  Earth Science

  atoms

  radioactive decay

  carbon dating

  age of the earth

  MS HS

  Neil deGrasse Tyson explains radioactive decay. He explains how we can determine the age of a rock using meteorites and illustrates that atoms undergo nuclear transmutations over time until they become stable elements.