WEEKLY OBJECTIVES: 1) STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND HOW FOSSILS ARE USED TO DETERMINE THE HISTORY OF LIFE ON EARTH. 2) STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO INTERPRET THE GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE.
Monday - Lecture on Chapter 14.1, fossils as indicators of earth's history; reading guide 14.1, what is not completed in class is homework.
Tuesday - Lab: Geologic Time Scale. In small groups, students complete a timeline of the earth's history from 4.6 billion years ago to present, using metric conversions to create a scale to fit their timeline.
Homework: vocabulary Chapter 14
Wednesday - Complete Geologic Time Scale lab
Thursday - Short lecture on types of fossils, relative and radiometric dating of fossils and how they are used to align the fossils with the history of the earth. Film: "Origin of the Earth"
Friday - Lab: Radiometric Dating. Students work in lab groups to develop a radiometric dating graph and then use the graph to answer questions.
Monday - Lecture on Chapter 14.1, fossils as indicators of earth's history; reading guide 14.1, what is not completed in class is homework.
Tuesday - Lab: Geologic Time Scale. In small groups, students complete a timeline of the earth's history from 4.6 billion years ago to present, using metric conversions to create a scale to fit their timeline.
Homework: vocabulary Chapter 14
Wednesday - Complete Geologic Time Scale lab
Thursday - Short lecture on types of fossils, relative and radiometric dating of fossils and how they are used to align the fossils with the history of the earth. Film: "Origin of the Earth"
Friday - Lab: Radiometric Dating. Students work in lab groups to develop a radiometric dating graph and then use the graph to answer questions.