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- 4th - 8th
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Students sequence and model the events leading to the formation of the southeastern coast of the United States, including the formation of the South Atlantic Bight. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students experience, through a "dig," the historical discovery of fossils which increasingly link whales to earlier land-dwelling mammals. They encounter the intermediate forms which show changes that lead to the modern whale. Full Review »
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- 8th - 11th
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Students are taken on a simulated "voyage" backward in time, to the beginning of our planet. They "witness" that beginning, the origin of life, and a number of key events from then to the present. 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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- 4th - 5th
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Students study changes that occur in geological and historical time. They place themselves in relationship to the universe, the world, Canada, and Saskatchewan. 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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- 6th - 8th
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Students stud the concept of Pangaea by using Wegener's clues to construct a map of the continents joined together. They determine how fossil distribution can be used to enhance the study of continental drift. They locate the following and mark them on a world outline map; Urals, Alps, Iceland, San Andreas fault, Andes mountains, volcanoes in Italy. 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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- 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 »
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