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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  • 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

  • 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.

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