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The History of Life
Activities
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"Whose
on First? Relative Dating" introduces relative dating.
- "Determining
Age of Rocks and Fossils" explores radioactive dating
techniques.
- Try
this "History
of Life" online matching game.
- Project
for making a classroom
"Geologic
Time Scale."
- "The
Mystery of the Far-Flung
Fossils" is a very good kit for investigating plate techtonics as the
grounds
for similarity of fossils on the continents. The kit can be
ordered here
and from most science catalogues. I recommend that the
continents be
laminated before use.
- The
"Beoming
Human" website has a documentary along with several classroom
activities.
 Tom
Wanamaker of the NSTA Listserve contributed
this worksheet , "Becoming Human Questions,"  to go with the website.
- Glencoe's
"The Record of Life"
and "The Origin of Life"
worksheets.
- Have
students do this "The History
of Life"
crossword puzzle.
- Teacher's
Domain's "Deep
Time" lesson (You must register for free to access.) includes
a Flash
interactive
segment, html reading, and "Live-Action Student Timeline" activity.
- Watch
the "Radiometric
Dating" video and answers the questions in this Teacher'
Domain
lesson.
Labs
-
Try
this"How can you simulate
radioactive half-life?" lab .
- This
"Examining
the Fossil Record" lab uses pictures of imaginary fossils.
- Try
the "Re-creation of Pasteur's
Experiment" .
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