April 6 to April 17 - Absolute Dating and Natural History

Keywords

• 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

1. When and what are the 5 previous extinctions?

2. Why might we be in the sixth?

4/17 Summarize Mammoth Mystery - pbs.org

1. What did they find?

2. How did they figure out what happened?

Earth's History Resources

Assignments Due

• 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