Demonstrate the radioactive decay
Answer (1)
Radioactive decay is a natural process where unstable atoms lose energy by releasing radiation, turning into more stable atoms over time. A simple way to demonstrate this is by using 100 coins to represent radioactive atoms. Each time you shake and flip the coins, you remove the ones that land on heads, which represent the atoms that have decayed. You repeat this process several times, and with each round, the number of remaining (undecayed) coins decreases, showing how radioactive materials break down slowly and randomly. This activity helps explain the concept of half-life, which is the time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay.
