Today in class we learned about the three types of
radioactive decay: beta, alpha, and gamma. We learned in beta decay the mass number doesn't change but the proton is increased by one, in alpha decay the mass number decreases by four and the protons decrease by two, and (lastly) in gamma decay nothing changes. Gamma decay happens during both alpha and beta reactions and is shown as light. I thought that was very interesting that gamma decay didn't change the numbers of anything because I knew that it was the most powerful form of radiation.
After taking notes on this topic, we did an activity where we pulled a card from the bag that we received. The card had the names of two elements and the starting mass number. We then rolled a dice and it would either land on beta, alpha, or gamma decay. We would show this decay on a piece of paper and keep rolling until we reached the desired element. It was very helpful in understanding the three different types of radioactive decay and helped me to remember what each one did.
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The notes that you included were very insightful and complete. They definitely will be useful in future studying and looking back at lesson plans. But in my opinion i don't believe that the explanation of the worksheet that we did at the end of class was necessary because it won't exactly be detrimentally useful in future studying or planning. But it was still a good idea to include if maybe it was a little more information packed and note included.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Liesel that your notes were insightful and complete, but I do the think the explanation of the worksheet that we did at the end of class was necessary because it reinforced the concepts that we learned in the lecture.
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