8.E.2 Understand the history of Earth and its life forms based on evidence of change recorded in fossil records and landforms.
8.E.2.1 Infer the age of Earth and relative age of rocks and fossils from index fossils and ordering of rock layers (relative dating and
radioactive dating).
8.E.2.2 Explain the use of fossils, ice cores, composition of sedimentary rocks, faults, and igneous rock formations found in rock layers
as evidence of the history of the Earth and its changing life forms.
- Meteorite Blast in Russia
- How to Date a Dead Thing (with Radiocarbon)
- PBS: A Brief History of Geologic Time
- Rock Cycle Interactive
- Earthquakes in Real Time – USGS
- PBS Interactive on Radiocarbon Dating
- Pangea & Wegener
- Chemical Formulas for Minerals
- A History of Earth’s Climate
- Mrs. Korman on…
- Dinosaur Coloring Sheets
- WS:Weathering
- WS:Water
- WS:Glaciers
- WS:Wind
- WS:Rock Cycle
- WS:Fossils
- WS:Early Earth
- WS:Relative Dating
- WS:Radiometric Dating
- WS:History of Earth
- Vocab Crossword Puzzle
