High School Science

Fossils

Earth Science

Quarter 2

McGraw Hill Module 17

● Early History of Earth ● Radioactive Dating ● Meteorites ● Impact craters

Data ● Construct Explanations ● Make Claims Based on Evidence

VOCABULARY

● Geologic time scale ● Eon ● Precambrian ● Era ● Period ● Epoch ● Mass extinction ● Uniformitarianism ● Relative-age dating ● Original horizontality ● Superposition

● Cross-cutting relationship ● Lateral continuity ● Principle of inclusions ● Unconformity ● Correlation ● Key bed ● Index fossil ● Absolute-age dating

● Radiocarbon dating ● Evolution ● Original preservation ● Mineral replacement ● Index fossil

● Radioactive decay ● Radioactive dating ● half-life

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PAGE MATERIALS NEEDED TIME

● Launch Lab: How are fossils made?

Phenomena Introduction

How has information about Earth’s history been preserved for so long?

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CER

Launch Lab: How are fossils made?

● Launch the

Engage

Lesson 1:

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Lesson: The Rock Record

The Rock Record

Focus Question: Why do we need a geologic time scale?

Launch the Lesson: The Rock Record

● Interactive Content: Organizing Time ● Interactive Content:

Explore & Expand

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Interactive Content: Organizing Time

Interactive Content: Succession of Life-Forms

Succession of