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Dating Fossils
Dating Fossils
Vocab: Relative dating, Superposition, Unconformity, Fossil, Geologic Column, Absolute dating, Radioactive dating, Half-Life, Radiometric dating
Day 1: Use the book to read about Dating Fossils and Law of Superposition on pages 174-180. Make sure to identify what an Unconformity is and what it tells scientists.
Day 2: The Case of the Dead Dino. Be a detective and find out how we determine the age of fossils with Notes and the PPT. Videos are also included included in PPT.
Day 3: Law of Superposition Activity and Notes
Day 4/5: Geologic Webquest. Then watch Bill Nye about Fossils. Click Here for Video Worksheet
Day 4/5 Optional: Text Time! Absolute dating and Relative dating of fossils.
Day 1: Textbook and Cornell Notes.
Cornell Notes to Use with this Book Section
Cornell Notes_Unit 5 Lesson 1 Rock Dating.pdfDay 2: Notes with PowerPoint, Video, about how we date fossils.
Fossil Detective Notes.pdfEarths History (1).pptxBill Nye the Science Guy S01E03 Dinosaurs.mp4Four ways to understand the Earth's age - Joshua M. Sneideman.mp4Day 3: Notes and Activity
superposition-fossils.pptlaw-of-superpostition-isn.pdffossil_cards_b1.pdffossil_cards_b2.pdfnonsense_cards_a.pdfDay 4/5: Text Time! and Webquest
Fossil Creation
Fossil Creation
Vocab: Fossil Record, Embryo, Homologous Structures, Extinct, Evidence
Day 6 : Go over PowerPoint and take Notes for Topic 8.4 using fill in notes or graphic organizer and Bill Nye on Fossils.
Day 7: Start with video. Use textbook pages 356-359 to read about Fossil Evidence of Evolution. Use mini poster to record notes from text.
Day 8: The Great Fossil Find! Thinking like a Scientist!
Day 9: Theories on Extinction.
Day 6: PowerPoint and Graphic Organizer
3 Explanation - Fossils.pptx3 Explanation - Fossils Notes.pdfWHOS WHO AMONG FOSSILS.docOptional Videos about Fossils
Optional Videos about Fossils
Day 7: Evidence of Evolution Mini Poster
Begin Mini Poster, but it will not be finished until the end of the unit!
Begin Mini Poster, but it will not be finished until the end of the unit!
Heredity and Evolution Concept Posters.pdfDay 8: Think Like a Paleontologist! Paper Lab - The Great Fossil Find
Dino DIg Poster Directions.pdfDino Dig Directions.pdfDino DIg Bones.pdfDino Dig Resource Manual.pdfDino DIg Table.pdfDino Dig Worksheet.pdfDay 9: Dino Extinction Theories
dino_resources_posters.pdfdino-extinction-gallery-walk-student-answer-sheet.pdfTheory of Evolution
Theory of Evolution
Vocab: Species, Variation, Evolution, Fossil, Adaptation, Mechanism, Natural Selection, Competition, Mutation, Scientific Theory,
Day 10: BrainPop about Charles Darwin and Evolution, Read in Textbook pages 329-332 and add to Mini-Poster.
Day 11: Adaptation PowerPoint and Adaption Notes. If time watch the Bill Nye video about Evolution with worksheet.
Day 12/13 : Adaptation Bird Beak Lab and Study Jam video.
Day 14: Use the textbook pages 334-342 to read about Natural Selection and PPT to take notes. Fill in the mini poster.
Day 15 : Pocket Mouse Video and Activity
Day 16: Article and Text Questions about Natural Selection.
Day 17/18: Building Beasts Project
Day 19 : Text Time! Map activity with reading
Day 20/21: Vocabulary Menu Project
Day 22: Review
Day 23: Grudge Ball
Day 24: Test
Day 10: Video and Concept Poster with Text Book
Heredity and Evolution Concept Posters.pdfDay 11: PPT, Notes, and Bill Nye Video (optional)
Adaptations PPT.pptxAdaptations Notes.pdfBill Nye The Science Guy S3E06.mp4BIll Nye Evolution WS.pdfDay 12/13: Bird Beak Lab and Adaptation Notes
Day 14: Natural Selection PowerPoint and Note sheet + Foldable (Optional)
3 Explanation - Natural Selection.pptx3 Explanation - Natural Selection Modified Notes.pdf3 Explanation - INB Templates.pdfDay 15: Activity and Pocket Mouse Video
rock-pocket-mice-cards-1.pdfRock-Pocket-Mouse-Activity-Sheet.pdfRock-Pocket-Mouse-Quote-Sheet.pdfThe-Making-of-the-Fittest-Slideshow.pdfDay 16: Text Time
Evolved to Run Article.pdfEvolved Text Questions.pdfDay 17/18: Building Beasts Project
Evolution Building Beasts GettingNerdyLLC.pdfDay 19: Text Time and Activity
pangaea cc reading.pdfusgs world map pangaea puzzle.pdfDay 20/21: Vocab Menu Project
Day 20/21: Vocab Menu Project
Museum Links:
Smithsonian : The Last American Dinosaur
Smithsonian: All Fossil Exhibits
Smithsonian: Virtual Tour
Vocabmenu_2.pdfDay 22/23: Review
Unist 3&7 Review 7th Grade.pdfGrudge Ball Unit 3 & 7.pptxExtra Resources
Extra Resources
superposition-hw.pdfrelative-dating-booklet-key.pdfhomologous-structures-cc-reading (1).pdfSW-POWERPOINT-FOSSILS.pptPage updated
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