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When Marie and Pierre Curie discovered the natural radioactive elements polonium and radium, they did something truly remarkable– they uncovered an entirely new property of matter. The Curies’ work ...

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Introduction to Radioactivity Lesson Overview In this lesson, students will investigate the nature of radioactivity and the effect of both distance and shielding materials on different radioactive ...

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