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2. Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory - Wikipedia

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   Gilbert cloud chamber, assembled An alternative view of kit contents. The lab contained a cloud chamber allowing the viewer to watch alpha particles traveling at 12,000 miles per second (19,000,000 m/s), a spinthariscope showing the results of radioactive disintegration on a fluorescent screen, and an electroscope measuring the radioactivity of different substances in the set.

3. Watch Your Kids Experiment and Learn With These Editor ... - AOL

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   Geology Bundle Science Kits. You can’t go wrong with this set of three geology science kits. There’s a crystal-growing lab that includes a light-up base for kids to display their colorful ...

4. 20 Science Kits for Kids (Aka Next-Generation Geniuses) - AOL

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   STEM learning might sound like some kind of fad simply because the acronym is fairly new, but the truth is that kids are hard-wired to find these academic disciplines (science, technology ...

5. The Weird and Wonderful World of Radioactive Glassware ... - AOL

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   This is when uranium glass reached the height of its popularity in the United States between 1958 and 1978, with more than 4 million pieces of decorative uranium produced, according to Oak Ridge ...

6. Chemistry set - Wikipedia

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   The Johnny Horizon Environmental Test Kit was marketed to both boys and girls. [12] Well-known chemistry sets from the United Kingdom include the 1960s and 1970s sets by Thomas Salter Science (produced in Scotland) and later Salter Science, then the "MERIT" sets through the 1970s and 1980s. Dekkertoys created a range of sets which were similar ...

7. Uranium–lead dating - Wikipedia

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   Since the exact rate at which uranium decays into lead is known, the current ratio of lead to uranium in a sample of the mineral can be used to reliably determine its age. The method relies on two separate decay chains , the uranium series from 238 U to 206 Pb, with a half-life of 4.47 billion years and the actinium series from 235 U to 207 Pb ...