Curated OER
Relative Aging Study Guide
In this relative aging worksheet, students define relative time and absolute time and define the laws and "rules" related to studying the age of fossils and rocks.
Curated OER
Relative Aging Study Guide
In this relative age instructional activity, learners define relative time and absolute time and define the laws and rules of determining the age of rocks and fossils.
Curated OER
Relative Dating-Telling Time Using Fossils
Students explore how to read fossil range charts. They develop an knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of the fossil record. Students become familiar with the concepts index fossil and fossil range. Students use bar graphs to...
Curated OER
My Time
Students create a timeline of their lives. In this timeline lesson, students discuss relative and absolute time. They use events in their lives to create categories on a timeline. They link this lesson to geologic timelines.
University of California
Ucmp: Sequencing Time
Lesson plan in which learners place events in sequence, comparing their life to the history of the Earth.
University of California
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Geologic Time
Learn about geologic time, including the age of the Earth by putting it in terms of pages in a book.