Digital Agenda March 2: Geologic Time Cornell Notes

Standards:
MS-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past. 



Objectives
1. Students will describe how scientists organize major changes in Earth, and how they determine  the age of the fossils they study to tell that organisms have evolved by taking Cornell notes and writing a summary with a 3 or better, and by passing a post-quiz with a 3 (75%) or better.


1. Do Now: Geologic Timeline Pre-Quiz

Independent

MANDATORY
1. Watch BrainPop: Geologic Time
with the closed captioning on and take the following Cornell Notes
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Define, and draw a representation of the following Vocabulary using BrainPop 
(if you cannot find the definition in brainPop, do a google search of the word, followed by "definition for kids" ex: fossil definition for kids)
- Geologic Time Scale
- Eons
- Eras
- Periods
- Epochs
- Devonian Period
- Stratigraphy
- Stratum
- Radiometric Dating

Answer the Following Questions from BrainPop
1. Approximately how old is Earth?
2. How have scientists organized major changes in Earth's History?
3. Explain how the geologic time scale is broken up.
4. Explain how scientists use eons, periods, and epochs. 
5. How long are eons, eras, periods, and epochs relative to each other.
6. Why don't the geologic time units have a set number of years that they each last?
7. How are periods usually named?
8. Explain how scientists determine the age of the stratum they study.
9. Explain why stratigraphy is not a perfect science. Why can't we always predict the age of fossils this way?
10. Explain why radiometric dating is more accurate than using the geologic timeline to date the age of fossils.


Summary: Today I learned....


Example set up:

Cornell Notes Criteria for success:
- Notes are set up in Cornell Note format
- All vocabulary is defined in student friendly language (not copied from google)
- 9 or more of the questions are answered fully AND correctly, using information and examples from the video
- A summary of what was learned is at the bottom, using 2-3 complete sentences.

4= All success criteria is met
3= 3/4 success criteria is met
2= 2/4 success criteria is met
NP = none of the success criteria is met

When you are finished YOU MAY...
OPTIONAL(ONLY after you are done)

-watch THIS DOCUMENTARY about human evolution

- watch THIS DOCUMENTARY about how the theory of evolution has changed through time to become more accurate.

-  Play the first level of the evolution game 

- Play the fossil sorting game


- Do makeup work for ANY class