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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: Absolute Dating

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of radiometric or absolute dating of geological formations based on using the half-life of radioactive elements to figure out how old given rock layers are. A link on the left provides information about relative dating as...
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Unit Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: David H. Koch Hall of Fossils: Deep Time

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Smithsonian Institution provides a virtual tour of the new "Deep Time" exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History.