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Worksheet
Curated OER

Relative Aging Study Guide

For Students 8th - 10th
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.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Relative Aging Study Guide

For Students 8th - 9th
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.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Relative Dating-Telling Time Using Fossils

For Teachers 7th - 9th
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...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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Lesson Plan
University of California

Ucmp: Sequencing Time

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan in which learners place events in sequence, comparing their life to the history of the Earth.
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Unit Plan
University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Geologic Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about geologic time, including the age of the Earth by putting it in terms of pages in a book.