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    High School (9-12)
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    Geoscience > Geology > Historical Geology

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    Dino Doom part of Teaching Activities
    Sina Kirk, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
    This is an online learning experience that transports learners around the world to different locations related to the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event. Students will collect and analyze evidence to ...

    Grade Level: High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Project
    Subject: Biology:Ecology:Food Webs, Geoscience:Paleontology:Extinction and Diversity , Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Acidification of the Oceans at the time of KPg event and Now part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
    Cathy Carpenter, Norwich City School District; Shaundra Davis, Richfield Springs Central School District
    This activity will engage students in researching the sequence of events and effects of the KPg event. Students will compare using data the acidification of oceans today to the acidification of the oceans after the ...

    Grade Level: High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
    Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Carbon Capture & Storage, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Biology:Evolution, Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical, Ocean-Climate Interactions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Natural causes, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Chemistry:General Chemistry:Acids & Bases, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biodiversity, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Recent climate data, Greenhouse effect, Carbon capture & storage, Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Recent climate data, Natural causes, Paleoclimate records, Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse effect, Carbon capture & storage

    Teaching radioactive decay & radiometric dating: an analog activity based on fluid dynamics part of Rates and Time:Teaching Activities
    Erika Grundstrom, Vanderbilt University
    Radiometric dating/geochronology is a difficult concept for students. Using the (rather messy) medium of shampoo, students watch it flow through holes of different sizes, determine the exponential decay equation, ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    The Cosmic Calendar part of Rates and Time:Teaching Activities
    Erika Grundstrom, Vanderbilt University
    In this activity, one takes ALL of time, from the beginning of time (i.e., the Big Bang) all the way up to today, but one compresses it into one year. One can do this for all levels of students depending on how ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set, Discussion, Lab Activity, Project, Writing Assignment
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Relative vs. Numerical Dating and Geochronology with Beads part of Rates and Time:Teaching Activities
    Karen Viskupic, Boise State University
    Students use relative dating principles to interpret the ages of rocks in a block diagram. They then "date" samples from these rocks to test their relative age hypotheses. Sample dating is done by ...

    Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8):Middle - 8
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology

    Hotspot Lesson: Relative Dating part of ERESE:ERESE Activities
    Jamie A. Russell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Related Links Hotspot Theory and Plate Velocities Mantle Plumes Samoan Hotspot Final Hotspot Project View Lesson Plan at ERESE ...
    This lesson explains the application of relative dating for volcanic features in the ocean.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology

    GEOLogic: Lagerstatten and Unique Fossils part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
    Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
    Students are asked to match up several unique fossils with the site and location where it was found and it's geologic age.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology, Geoscience:Paleontology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    GEOLogic: The Big Five Mass Extinctions part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
    Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
    Students are asked to match up the five largest mass extinction events with their relative dates, approximate duration, and severity (percentage of species that became extinct) based on clues given from various perspectives.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    GEOLogic: Dinosaur Trackways part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
    Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
    Students must associate different dinosaur trackways with their locations and the rock formations containing the trackways based on clues given from various points of view.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory, High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology, Geoscience:Paleontology, Geology:Sedimentary Geology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review