April 6 to April 17 - Absolute Dating and Natural History
Post date: Apr 6, 2015 11:24:30 PM
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Warm-ups
4/7 Why can Carbon-14 dating only be used on biotic things? (DE pgs. 108-111)
4/8-4/13 What events started and ended the: (DE pgs. 122-127)
Isotope (DE pg 108)
Radioactive Decay
Half-Life
Precambrian Time (DE pg. 124-127)
Paleozoic Era
Extinction (ScienceWorld or Dictionary)
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic Era
Advanced Classes
Subatomic Particles/How is the Periodic Table Arranged - due 4/8
U2L3 - due 4/9
Element Gizmos due 4/13
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Element Builder Gizmo (Purple Paper)
Electron Configuration (Pink Paper)
Paleozoic era?
Mesozoic era?
Cenozoic era?
4/9 Read "The Sixth Extinction" on pages 8-11 in ScienceWorld April 13
When and what are the 5 previous extinctions?
Why might we be in the sixth?
4/17 Summarize Mammoth Mystery - pbs.org
What did they find?
How did they figure out what happened?
Earth's History Resources
Geologic Timeline handout (blue)
How the Earth was Made Video Notes
Assignments Due
Objectives
Radioactive Dating Game - 4/7
U2L3 - Absolute Dating - 4/8
U2L4 - The Geologic Time Scale - 4/14
Activity: Geologic Time Line - 4/20
How the Earth Was Made Video Notes -4/17
Portfolio: March 9 to April 20 - due 4/21
Unit 2 Test: Earth's History - 4/21
Summarize how radioactive isotopes are used to date different kinds of biotic, abiotic and fossil materials.
Describe how and why scientists used geologic time scales.
Describe the major events in each era of geologic history.
Links
Radioactive Decay of Carbon-14 - pbslearningmedia.org
Zircon Chronology: Dating the Oldest Material on Earth - amnh.org
The Day the Mesozoic Died (2014) 33:43 - hhmi.org
Dinosaur Plague (2009) 15:05, NOVA - pbs.org
The Origin of Tetrapods (2012) 17:11 - hhmi.org
RECORD OF TIME - A tutorial from the Anthropology Department at Palomar College on fossils and dating methods with audio for pronouncing difficult words.