Why were candies used for this lab? (Replace the word “candy” with whatever you chose to use)
a Candy is easy to clean up and students will enjoy eating them at the end of the lab.
b Candy is the same size as an atom and makes half-life easy to visualize.
c Candy simulates how atoms radioactively decay and how rocks of different ages have varied amounts of radioactive and decayed elements.
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d Candy is a safe and non-toxic material that can be manipulated and handled by students without any harm.