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Handout
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Fossils and Rocks

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of an online publication offered by the U.S. Geological Survey, this articles sheds light on how studying fossils became an important part of understanding geologic time.
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Handout
Other

Bio Web Evolution: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from BioWeb Evolution was originally created as a ThinkQuest entry, and it has some good basic information about evolution. This page is on fossils and geologic time.
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Website
Other

Prehistoric Planet: Rock Layers: Timeline of Life on Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
Offers an easy to understand explanation of the earth's layers and the fossils we find in each layer. It explains how these are interpreted by scientists to represent the evolution of animal and plant life through the geological eras.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geo Logic: Lagerstatten and Unique Fossils

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With GEOLogic questions, students are asked to match several unique fossils with the sites and locations where they were found, as well as their geologic age.
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Website
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Oceanography Institute: History of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive timeline reveals key geologic and biological events starting back 4.8 billion years to the present.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geo Logic: Dinosaur Trackways

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using GEOLogic questions and puzzles, students associate different dinosaur trackways with their locations and the rock formations containing the trackways based on clues given from various points of view.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geo Logic: The Big Five Mass Extinctions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using GEOLogic puzzles, students are asked to match the five largest mass extinction events with their relative dates, approximate duration, and severity based on clues given from various perspectives.
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Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mesozoic Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the basic information about the Mesozoic Era in Earth's geologic history.
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Website
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Paleozoic Era

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview illustrating the Paleozoic era in Earth's geologic history.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of classroom lessons to help high school biology teachers teach evolution and the nature of science. This highly lab-oriented module is a very useful evolution and deep-time teaching site.
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Unit Plan
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Introduction to Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the Earth's climate, with explanations about the difference between weather and climate, dendrochronology, palynology, and how Earth's climate has changed over time. All information is reinforced through pictures,...
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Activity
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Planting a Tree

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
When is the best time to plant a tree? Learn all about bagged or burlapped trees. Links to other handy tools, including coloring pages, trivia, stories, games and fun projects.
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Website
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Chaco Canyon: Observation: How Old Is It?

For Students 9th - 10th
How is time read on the stone of the Chaco Canyon? Find out systems geologists have for dating rocks and fossils.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: How Many Is a Million?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A visualization activity where students can conceptualize the age of the Earth by observing dots on paper, making calculations and estimations, and discussing their findings with classmates.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Siemens Stem Day: Life Science: The Time of Our Life [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will learn about ancient organisms as they create a timeline showing when they appeared on Earth.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Geology of Mexico and Central America, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1910 of Mexico and Central America, showing the distribution of rocks and indicating the geologic time period they come from.
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Website
University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Fossil Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th
Understanding Evolution provides evidence for evolution using fossils. There are also links to lesson plans.
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Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Nasa: Classroom of the Future: Spheres: Lithosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the NASA Classroom of the Future, you can learn about the many different layers of the earth and see what the earth would look like cut in half.
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Website
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Did You Feel It?

For Students 9th - 10th
Locate all the most recent earthquakes on this interactive map. Data includes location, magnitude and time of the quake.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Sorting Out Sedimentation

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sedimentary rock forms in layers that are deposited one after the other over long periods of time. Oftentimes, sedimentary rock contains fossils and other debris that are deposited within the layers. Use this experiment to investigate...
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eBook
Libre Text

Libre Text: Plate Tectonics and People

For Students 9th - 10th
Over geologic time, plate movements in concert with other geologic processes, such as glacial and stream erosion, have created some of nature's most magnificent scenery. The Himalayas, the Swiss Alps, and the Andes are some spectacular...
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Interactive
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Activity at Plate Boundaries

For Students 9th - 10th
A simulation that demonstrates divergent plate boundaries and seafloor spreading. A focus is on evidence of the Earth's normal and reversed polarity over geologic time in the rock record.
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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Anthropocene: Human Impact on the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive to explore key human impacts on the environment and how they have affected Earth's landscape, ocean, atmosphere, and biodiversity. The column on the left-hand side of the screen lists different human impacts on the...
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Website
BBC

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Irish Elk

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the enthralling world of the Irish elk by uncovering details about its behaviors, habitats, geological time periods, and classification through photos, a video, descriptions, and external links.

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