Determing Relative Age of Rock Layers: An Investigative Approach
Kool School
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My students loved working on this. They first did it individually and then began to compare answers within their group and even used their sentence stems to discuss their answers with each other. I loved how they began to discuss using the data to support their answers.
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In this activity students get a chance to apply their knowledge and understanding of paleontology to determine the relative age of rock layers and what types of conditions existed to produce them, as well as conceptualizing the use of index fossils to gleam information about Earth's geologic history.
Total Pages
7 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
45 minutes
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