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Unit Summary
Unit Summary
Students will explore the geologic processes that have shaped the earth and the geologic time scale used to organize its' history. Students will investigate how both small-scale changes like erosion and weathering and large-scale changes like volcanic eruptions change the Earth's surface. Students will also analyze data about the distribution of fossils and continental shapes to provide evidence regarding past plate motions.
state standards
state standards
6.ESS.2-2
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial rates.
6.ESS.2-3
Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils, rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
6.ESS.1-4
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6 billion year old history.
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