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\nSerc: Relative Dating of Geologic Materials\n

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\nA detailed set of exercises (downloadable) that guide students in developing an understanding of how scientists have created the geologic time scale.\n
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\nBlack Hills Institute of Geological Research: All About Fossils\n

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\nThe Black Hills Institute of Geological Research is a world-renowned center for paleontology. Here they describe in clear language how fossils are formed and preserved, and what information they give us about the past, particularly in...\n
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\nGa Virtual Learning: Earth and Life History\n

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\nIn this amazingly comprehensive tutorial you will learn about the geological and environmental changes that occurred during the geologic time scale.\n
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\nKhan Academy: The Atmosphere and Climate\n

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\nExplore climate change on a geologic time scale, and consider recent human impacts on climate and the atmosphere. [3:38]\n
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\nUtah Geological Survey: How Do Geologists Know How Old a Rock Is?\n

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\nGeologists generally know the age of a rock by determining the age of the group of rocks, or formation, that it is found in. The age of formations is marked on a geologic calendar known as the geologic time scale. Development of the...\n
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\nUniversity of Texas: Texas Memorial Museum: Understanding Geologic Time [Pdf]\n

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\nA lesson plan containing two activities for students to gain a better understanding of geologic time scale. The first activity allows students to get a visual of geologic time by role playing events in time on a football field. The...\n
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\nCk 12: Life Science: Timeline of Evolution\n

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\n[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For life to evolve from simple single-celled organisms to many millions of species of prokaryotic species to simple eukaryotic species to all the protists, fungi,...\n
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\nThe Numeric Time Scale\n

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\nThis is a good source for getting an in-depth description of using radioactive decay to measure the ages of rocks. In addition to describing the process of radiometric dating, this resource also includes a geologic time scale and four...\n
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\nAlberta Online Encyclopedia: Geology\n

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\nThe geology of Alberta is profiled on this site. Drop menus reveal sub-topics ..geological time scale, rock formations in Alberta, and so forth.Graphics and maps are included.\n
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\nMilwaukee Public Museum: The Virtual Silurian Reef\n

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\nA virtual tour of a Silurian reef. Includes information on geologic principles, the geologic time scale, and the Silurian period. Explores Silurian reefs and reef organisms.\n
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\nScience Struck: Flora and Fauna of the Ordovician Period\n

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\nDescribes plants and animals that lived during the Ordovician Period, where it falls in the geologic time scale, tectonic activity happening then, the climate and environment, and extinction events.\n
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\nUcmp: Sequencing Time\n

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\nLesson plan in which young scholars place events in sequence, comparing their life to the history of the Earth.\n
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\nUen: Fossils\n

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\nFourth graders act as paleontologists to figure out the environment where various fossils would have existed.\n
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\nGa Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Evolutionary Biology\n

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\nThrough informational text, interactive activities, animations, and video clips, students investigate evolutionary biology.\n
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\nAustralian Museum: Dating the Earth\n

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\nHow do scientists know how old the Earth is? What is radioactive dating? Are there other dating methods? Get the answers to these questions and others at this site presented by the Australian Museum Online.\n
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\nClass Flow: The Earth's History\n

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\n[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a lesson on the geologic history of the Earth. It covers the four main eras of the geologic time scale: Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic. Characteristics of each era are...\n
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\nEarth Floor: Geologic Time\n

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\nThis is a nice explanation of geologic time and Earth's major eras. Although this site is designed for younger students, it is mostly text with few images.\n
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\nUniversity of California Museum of Paleontology: Geologic Time\n

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\nLearn about geologic time, including the age of the Earth by putting it in terms of pages in a book.\n
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\nGa Virtual Learning: Historical Geology\n

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\nIn this interactive tutorial you will explore how geologists use clues in rocks to determine the order in which rocks formed. Learn how principles of radioactivity are used to assign actual ages to rocks. Students will explore fossils...\n
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\nNova: A Brief History of Earth\n

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\nThis timeline is a good resource if you are looking for brief descriptions of the geologic periods. Descriptions include pictures of common organisms for each period and the range of time covered by each period.\n
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\nCk 12: Biology: History of Life\n

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\n[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This comprehensive lesson by CK-12 explains how scientists learn about the past by examining and dating fossils.\n
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\nCk 12: Biology: History of Life\n

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\n[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how scientists learn about the past by examining and dating fossils.\n
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\nSerc: How Many Is a Million?\n

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\nA visualization activity where learners can conceptualize the age of the Earth by observing dots on paper, making calculations and estimations, and discussing their findings with classmates.\n
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\nOpen Curriculum: Studying the History of Life\n

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\nThis in-depth article illustrates the concept of geologic time, and helps the learner understand why fossils are rare.\n
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