Absolute Dating Half Life Radiometric Decay Lab Activity

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"Great activity! Easy to use, well-organized, and very engaging for students. It aligned well with my curriculum and required little prep. Would definitely recommend."

Melissa F.

" This is lab was fun and engaging for all students! They enjoyed the activity and the graphing section was great practice!!"

Victoria W.

Description

In this activity, students will simulate the process of radiometric decay using puzzle pieces. They will graph a decay curve and answer questions on how scientists determine the age of a fossil or rock. Great activity for your fossil or geologic time unit!

Materials needed per group:

- 100 puzzle pieces

- Cup or beaker

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Absolute Dating Half Life Radiometric Decay Lab Activity

Name: Absolute Dating Half Life Radiometric Decay Lab Activity
Brand: Science Lessons That Rock
SKU: 7629494
Price: 3.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (11 reviews)

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8th - 10th

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What others say

"Great activity! Easy to use, well-organized, and very engaging for students. It aligned well with my curriculum and required little prep. Would definitely recommend."

Melissa F.

" This is lab was fun and engaging for all students! They enjoyed the activity and the graphing section was great practice!!"

Victoria W.

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Description

Materials needed per group:

- 100 puzzle pieces

- Cup or beaker

You might also be interested in:

Fossils powerpoint

Fossil station lab

Rock cycle interactive diagram

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Rated 5 out of 5, based on 11 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5

May 1, 2026

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Great activity! Easy to use, well-organized, and very engaging for students. It aligned well with my curriculum and required little prep. Would definitely recommend.

Melissa F.

163 reviews • Georgia

Grades taught: 9th, 10th

Great resource!

Rated 5 out of 5

April 5, 2026

Met expectations

Great value

This is lab was fun and engaging for all students! They enjoyed the activity and the graphing section was great practice!!

Victoria W.

317 reviews • California

Grades taught: 8th

Student populations: Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties

Loved this resource!

Rated 5 out of 5

March 23, 2026

Great activity to further enforce what students are learning in class!

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64 reviews • Georgia

Helpful resource

Rated 5 out of 5

March 5, 2026

This was so easy to put together and it helped my students understand absolute dating in a quick and engaging way.

Kimberly E.

6 reviews

Grades taught: 9th

Unique and fantastic

Rated 5 out of 5

January 28, 2026

Met expectations

Great value

This was a unique way of simulating absolute dating and I loved it. Kids learned a lot and it was not so chem focused that my ecology kids couldn’t follow along.

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Rated 5 out of 5

January 26, 2026

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This lab was so much fun! And what is really nice is that it can be reused again and again as the puzzle pieces are durable.

Anthony C.

1,313 reviews • Florida

Grades taught: 7th

Rated 5 out of 5

January 26, 2025

This was a such a simple but effective hands-on lab that helped my students grasp half-life a little more easily. Will definitely do this again in future years with my Earth's history unit.

Sharon H.

117 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

Rated 5 out of 5

May 17, 2024

Great activity to reinforce radiometric decay and half-life

Jocelyn G.

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