Understand and describe geologic processes in the formation of rock strata to determine the relative age and type.
Foldable: Geologic Processes Flap
INB:
-Geologic Processes Lab
-Relative Age Worksheet
-Earth Cups
Formatives: Relative Age
Additional Resources:
-Relative Age Game
-Layers of Time Game
-Blooket: Relative Age
Construct and use a model of the geologic timescale for Earth’s 4.6 billion year history
Track major events in Earth’s History with evidence: fossil record, volcanic activity, atmospheric changes, asteroid impacts.
INB:
- Foraminifera : Change over Time
- Ocean Acidification & pH Lab
Foldable:
- Evidence of Change Over Time/ Flap Fronts
Additional Resources:
Deep Time Infographic (you don’t need to know specific events)
Investigate the diversity of prehistoric ecosystems with patterns and abundance of fossils and other markers.
Foldable:
-Mesozoic Foldable Flaps (Triassic, Jurassic & Cretaceous) - along with Index Fossils on Flap Fronts
-Whale Evolution Summary
INB:
-Foraminifera: Change over Time
-Ocean Acidification
Use anatomical similarities and differences (in fossils and embryos) to infer evolutionary relationships among modern organisms (whales) and between modern and fossil organisms (Dorudon).
INB:
- A Whale of a Tale
- Embryology
- Owl Pellet & Comparative Anatomy
Foldable:
- Mesozoic Foldable Flaps (Triassic, Jurassic & Cretaceous)
Formatives:
- Skull Anatomy Lab
This image is a joke! Not how whales evolved!
Use the fossil record to identify patterns of increasing complexity of anatomical structures over time.
INB:
- A Whale of a Tale
- Earth Cups
- Owl Pellet & Comparative Anatomy
Foldable:
- Mesozoic Foldable Flaps (Triassic, Jurassic & Cretaceous)
Formatives:
- Skull Anatomy Lab