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Think Like a Geologist
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Think Like a Geologist

Collector: Ann V.
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Teach young scientists to think like geologists with a two-lesson collection that has them examine all kinds of evidence to peel back the layers of geological history. In the first lesson students examine examples of the Principle of Superposition. The second lesson has the young geologists creating their own models that demonstrate superposition.

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decomposition, faults, geologic history, geology, igneous rocks, rocks, sedimentary rocks, types of rocks, fault lines, geologists, metamorphic rocks, properties of rocks, sandstone

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5th - 6th
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Science
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