Dinosaur Timeline
When you've been alive for less than a decade, how in the world do you grasp geologic time? Start with a 100-inch-long roll of adding machine tape and measure out Earth's past.
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More About This Resource...
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In this classroom activity, created to complement the Museum's Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries exhibit, young students gain an understanding of geologic time.
- The activity opens with background information for teachersabout carbon and radiometric datings.
- After discussing important events in their lives, students create an impromptu timeline.
- Working as a class, students place predetermined events from Earth's past on a lengthy timeline and identify the window of time during which the dinosaurs lived.
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Completion Time
Approximately 1 period
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Topic
Paleontology -
Subtopic
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National Science Education Standards
Grades K-4:
Science as Inquiry CONTENT STANDARD A:• abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry• understanding about scientific inquiry
Life Science CONTENT STANDARD C:
• the characteristics of organisms• life cycles of organisms
Science and Technology CONTENT STANDARD E:
• abilities of technological design• understanding about science and technology
History and Nature of Science CONTENT STANDARD G:
• science as a human endeavor
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Learning Standard
National Science Education Standards
Grades K-4:
Science as Inquiry CONTENT STANDARD A:• abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry• understanding about scientific inquiry
Life Science CONTENT STANDARD C:
• the characteristics of organisms• life cycles of organisms
Science and Technology CONTENT STANDARD E:
• abilities of technological design• understanding about science and technology
History and Nature of Science CONTENT STANDARD G:
• science as a human endeavor
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