Beta Decay

Beta Decay Screenshot
  • Nuclear Decay
  • Beta Decay
  • Nuclear Physics
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Topics

  • Nuclear Decay
  • Beta Decay
  • Nuclear Physics

Description

Watch beta decay occur for a collection of nuclei or for an individual nucleus.

Sample Learning Goals

  • Understand the process of beta decay
Version 3.27

Teacher Tips

Download teacher tips PDF Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

Teacher-Submitted Activities

Using PhET in High School Chemistry- all my activities in pdf A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein UG-Intro
HS
HW
Demo
Lab
Chemistry
Beta Decay Investigations A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS
UG-Intro
HW
CQs
Lab
Physics
Chemistry
PhET LAB Beta (IB 7.2) A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Benjamin Forbes HS Lab Physics
Nuclear Processes A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Phil Cook HS Lab
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other Earth Science
Biology
Physics
Chemistry
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein updated by Diana López MS
HS
Other Physics
Biology
Earth Science
Chemistry
PhET Sims Aligned to the Chemistry Curriculum This contribution was designed by PhET. Julia Chamberlain HS
UG-Intro
Other Chemistry
Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics Jaya Ramchandani HS Other Physics
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer MS
HS
Other Physics
Biology
Chemistry
Investigating a radioactive decay Lori Fritz HS Lab Physics
Instructor Clarence Canty Other Lab
CQs
Phet Beta Decay Simulation Lab Drew Isola HS Lab
Half-life and Events in Beta Decay Roberto Marrero HS HW
Lab
Radioaktiivse lagunemise meedialabori juhend Siim Tõkke HS HW
Lab
Physics

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Albanian All shqip Run now Beta Decay
Amharic All Amharic Run now ቤታ መበስበስ
Arabic All العربية Run now تفتت بيتا
Arabic (Saudi Arabia) All العربية (السعودية) Run now تحلل بيتا
Basque All Euskara Run now Beta-desintegrazioa
Belarusian All беларускі Run now Бэта-распад
Bosnian All Bosanski Run now BETA-RASPAD
Bulgarian All български Run now Бета-разпад
Catalan All català Run now Desintegració beta
Chinese (Simplified) All 中文 (中国) Run now Beta衰变
Chinese (Traditional) All 中文 (台灣) Run now Beta 衰變
Croatian All hrvatski Run now Beta Decay
Czech All čeština Run now Beta rozklad
Danish All Dansk Run now Betahenfald
Dutch All Nederlands Run now Betaverval
Estonian All Eesti Run now Beetalagunemine
Finnish All suomi Run now Betasäteily
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Galician All Gallegan Run now Decaemento Beta
Georgian All ქართული Run now ბეტა დაშლა
German All Deutsch Run now Betazerfall
Greek All Ελληνικά Run now Διάσπαση Βήτα
Haitian All Haitian Run now Degradasyon bèta
Hebrew All עברית Run now דעיכת בטא
Hungarian All magyar Run now Béta-bomlás
Indonesian All Bahasa Indonesia Run now Peluruhan Beta
Italian All italiano Run now Decadimento beta (ß)
Japanese All 日本語 Run now β崩壊
Kannada All Kannada Run now ಬೀಟ ಕ್ಷಯ
Kazakh All Kazakh Run now Бета шашылу
Korean All 한국어 Run now 베타붕괴
Lao All Lao Run now ອັດຕາສະລາຍເບຕາ
Macedonian All македонски Run now Бета зрачење
Mongolian All Монгол (Монгол) Run now Бетта Задрал
Norwegian Bokmal All Norsk bokmål Run now Betanedbryting
Norwegian Nynorsk All Norwegian Nynorsk Run now Betanedbryting
Pashto All Pushto Run now د بېتا وړانګېینه
Persian All فارسی Run now واپاشی بتا
Polish All polski Run now Beta Decay
Portuguese All português Run now Beta Decay
Portuguese (Brazil) All português (Brasil) Run now Decaimento Beta
Romanian All română Run now Dezintegrare beta
Russian All русский Run now Бета-распад
Serbian All Српски Run now БЕТА-РАСПАД
Sinhalese All Sinhalese Run now Beta Decay
Slovak All Slovenčina Run now Rádioaktívny rozpad a beta žiarenie
Slovenian All Slovenščina Run now Beta razpad
Spanish All español Run now Desintegración Beta Download teacher tips PDF
Spanish (Mexico) All español (México) Run now Desintegración Beta Download teacher tips PDF
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Thai All ไทย Run now การสลายตัวให้อนุภาคบีตา
Turkish All Türkçe Run now Beta Bozunması
Turkmen All Turkmen Run now Beta bölünme
Ukrainian All українська Run now Beta Decay
Vietnamese All Tiếng Việt Run now Phóng xạ Beta

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  • Noah Podolefsky
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