Why were candies used for this lab? (Replace the word “candy” with whatever you chose to use)

Question

a
Candy simulates how atoms radioactively decay and how rocks of different ages have varied amounts of radioactive and decayed elements.
b
Candy is the same size as an atom and makes half-life easy to visualize.
c
Candy is easy to clean up and students will enjoy eating them at the end of the lab.

Answer 1

b. Candy is the same size as an atom and makes half-life easy to visualize.