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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the American-Mongolian paleontology expedition of Cretaceous fossil beds at Ukhaa Tolgod in the Gobi Desert. They present information about the life forms, tectonics, climate and geology of this time. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students research the geologic time scale. They create and recognize the importance of a geologic time line. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify one object that would tell the story of their lives. In groups, they determine what can and cannot be told from objects left behind. After watching a video, they compare and contrast chicken bones to human bones. To end the lesson, they create a timeline of the Cenozoic Era. Full Review »
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- 8th - 9th
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Students examine the geology of Connecticut, including plate tectonics, glaciation, and fossil formation. After reviewing past lessons, they write essays about what life may have been like in the Mesozoic Period. Following a field trip to a museum, students take quizzes and discuss the impact of the mineral industry on their state. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students ponder Earth's longevity by observing and or making a timeline. They discuss how relative dating is used to figure out which parts of Earth are oldest based on ages of fossils in rock layers. Students are taught that absolute dating is measuring the amount of uranium and lead in a rock. Full Review »
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Students discuss ways of determining age of various people, hypothesize and discuss methods scientists use in determining age of Earth, and ponder Earth's longevity by observing and/or making timeline, including Precambrian, Palezoic, Mezozoic, and Cenozoic Eras. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students discuss the changes humans go through in a lifetime and compare those changes to the Earth. They discuss the different time periods while viewing a time line as well as Pangaea and how Earth's continents have changed shape. Fossil impressions are made after coloring and putting together a Pangaea puzzle. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students create a "TV" film about the geologic time line of the Earth including illustrations representing the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era as well as the four types of fossils. They draw conclusions about "What happened before," using fossils or charts and tables. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students review units of geologic times such as the Tertiary unit in the Cenozic Era. They subdivide the span of Earth's history and generate a way of showing how fossils indicate the changes in the Earth. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students review and study Precambrian-Quaternary periods, part of the Cenozoic Era, and complete a time line. They research what the Earth was like during the the Precambrian and Quaternary periods as well as the Earth cycles and how they are changed by forces such as earthquakes, glaciers and wind. Full Review »