| Big Ideas: | To study the history of Earth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Essential Questio | What is uniformitariansim? What's the difference between relative and absolute dating?, What types of fossils can be found? How is time measured geologically? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vocabulary: | uniformiatariansim, relative dating, fossils, absoulte dating, time scales (ie eon, eras, periods, and epochs) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Month | Content | Skills | Asessment | Standards | Instructional Activities, Strategies, and Differ |
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| October | Historical Geology | Formative: | HS-ESS2-2; HS-ESS2-6; HS-ESS2-7 | Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uniformiatariansim | Create and determine the difference between mold and cast fossil types. | Student Partipiation and Dialog | Use Technology (ie Simulations/Illustrations/Videos), Various Manipulatives and Word Play | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Realtive Dating | Find and identify marine life about 280-600 million years ago (Paleozoic Era) and to inspire students to understand the geology and evolution of animals found in Indiana millions of years ago. | Study Guide Assignments | Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil Types | Use data that shows the changing percentage composition of atmosphere since the formation of the Earth to create a graph of each gas and determine the significance of the data. | Lab Practicles and/or Projects | Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Absolute Dating | Create a geological timeline of evolutionary events and mass extinctions which can be represented visually. | Chapter Quizzes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time Scale / History | Understand half-life and how it is used to determine the age of fossils by modeling radiometric dating. | Reading / Vocabulary Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simulate the radioactive decay of an isotope using Twizzlers and graphing the results. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Visit (www.rm118.com) for Further Details and Information with Regards to the Curriculum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Visit (https://www.in.gov/doe/students/indiana-academic-standards/science-and-computer-science/) for Further Details and Information on Indiana Standards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||