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history and
Geological
time scale
standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.1 Cite specific
textual evidence to support analysis of science and
technical texts, attending to the precise details of
explanations or descriptions.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.2 Determine the
central ideas or conclusions of a text; trace the
text's explanation or depiction of a complex
process, phenomenon, or concept; provide an
accurate summary of the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.3 Follow precisely
a complex multistep procedure when carrying out
experiments, taking measurements, or performing
Overview
And
Purpose
objectives
Knowledge: After completing this exercise, students should know how
old the Earth is, how scientists know this, timing and duration of
major events in Earth History, timing of significant events in the
earth evolution, and how comparatively small the human time
period is.
Skills:During class time students will work on their teamwork skills
and communication skills as they construct the timelines and
answer questions in a group about the timelines and the evolution
of life on Earth. Students will need to use ratios to determine at
what point in their new timescale will something happen.
MATERIALS
WARM UP
Explain how Earth was formed (Nebular Hypothesis) and
has changed/evolve.
To assess students preconceptions, as well as introduce
students to the geologic time scale, distribute one
blank geologic time scale to each group. As a team,
have they will place several key events where they
think they occurred in Earths history. Oldest Rocks
Found on Earth (4,400 million years ago) First Evidence
of Life (3,850 ma), Dinosaurs Become Extinct (65 ma),
Modern Humans (100,000 years ago).
Introduction
&
Presentation
Practice
activity
Student Evaluation
Evaluation will be based on in-class work, appropriate use of time,
teamwork, and completion of the Geologic Time scale assignment.
In-class work will be graded primarily on completion of the questions
asked, and discussion/input of all team members.
Responses will be graded on their thoroughness and demonstrated
ability to incorporate a variety of ideas.
Class time is given for the students to construct their timescales
according to the directions supplied.
Contingen
cy plan
In case things dont go
accordingly a Power point
will be printed and
presented and be saved on
a USB drive.