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Earth's Dramatic History Lesson PlanEarth's Dramatic History Lesson Plan
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Earth's Dramatic History

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Students create a timeline.  In this Earth's History lesson, students research the history of life on Earth and use the information collected to create a timeline.  Students also answers the provided discussion questions.

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the earth, the earth's layers, timelines

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earth, earth's history, life on earth, timeline, science
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategy
Research
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