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Relative Dating | Digital Lab Activity | Editable

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Science With A Frenchie
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7th - 10th
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Lab Activity = 17 Google Slides + 17 Google Slides of answer key + 2 pages of teacher notes
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This was a great way to practice relative dating. Really got students thinking and was a good challenge.
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Description

In this Google Slidesdigital lab activity, the students will infer the logical sequence of geologic events and establish a relative age for a series of rock layers for 12 locations. It includes three vocabulary pages, twelve different outcrops, a summary slide where the students reconstruct the geologic history of a region, and discussion questions (NYS Regents questions). This is an interactive lab activity with drag & drop features.

ESL Strategies: This lab activity is scaffolded for English Language Learners (ELLs):

  • Each slide contains a “Translate” hyperlink button to translate the text into any language supported by Google Translate. 
  • It includes sentence starters to help ELLs structure their answers. The document is editable so you can remove the sentence starters if your students don’t need them.

Standards: The level of this lab is perfect for middle or high school. This lab activity aligns with:

  • NGSS MS-ESS1-4 - Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6 billion-year-old history.
  • New York State Physical Setting/Earth Science Core Curriculum:
    • 1.2j - Geologic history can be reconstructed by observing sequences of rock types and fossils to correlate bedrock at various locations.
    • This lab activity contains the following NYS Regents Skills/Content: geologic principles, interpreting stratigraphic columns, and relative dating.

Editable: You can edit the text and the diagrams of this lab activity. However, due to agreements with clip art artists, some of the background images aren’t editable. 

Digital: This digital lab activity was created with Google Slide. It can be used in person or for distance learning. Share the Google Slides with your students via your Google Classroom. Make sure you select “Make a Copy for Each Student” while you are creating the assignment.

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Total Pages
Lab Activity = 17 Google Slides + 17 Google Slides of answer key + 2 pages of teacher notes
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Teaching Duration
90 minutes
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Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9–10 texts and topics.
Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.
NGSSMS-ESS1-4
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history. Emphasis is on how analyses of rock formations and the fossils they contain are used to establish relative ages of major events in Earth’s history. Examples of Earth’s major events could range from being very recent (such as the last Ice Age or the earliest fossils of homo sapiens) to very old (such as the formation of Earth or the earliest evidence of life). Examples can include the formation of mountain chains and ocean basins, the evolution or extinction of particular living organisms, or significant volcanic eruptions. Assessment does not include recalling the names of specific periods or epochs and events within them.

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