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Earth’s Age + Evidence
WARM UP• Write your homework – leave it to be
stamped!• Get your homework out to be checked!• Update your Table of Contents for today!• Get something to grade your Vocab Quiz
with!Date Session
#Activity Page
#11/15 & 11/18
7 Earth’s Age & Evidence Note guide 13
The Great Fossil Find Poster Instructions 14
Notes Tips for Today• Anything in yellow you MUST write
on your note guide• Pictures and diagrams are great
things to draw to help you remember vocab and ideas!
• Underlined or bold words that are underlined or bold in PowerPoint BECAUSE THEY ARE IMPORTANT!
How old is the Earth?
Earth is around 4.6 BILLION years old.
BIG QUESTION:HOW DO WE KNOW
HOW OLD THE EARTH IS?
BIG ANSWER:Everything coming up in the next few lessons provides an answer to the BIG QUESTION!
Law of Superposition
• Law of Superposition– •Under normal conditions, the layers of sediment get older the deeper you get
Examples of Law of Superposition
• Just like a layered cake…you put the bottom layer down first, so it is the “oldest” and you fill in each layer on top of it! What examplescan you come up with?
Draw your own pictureillustrate the concept!
We Have a Problem…
• There are several things can mess up the Law of Superposition called unconformities
Types of unconformities:1 – intrusion 2 – overturning3 - faults
Unconformity• Unconformity-
•A break or an irregularity in the geologic time sequence due to a geologic event.
•“Missing Information”
1. Intrusion• An intrusion is igneous rock that cuts
through layers of sedimentary rock.• The intrusion is younger than any other
rock layer it cuts through.
intrusion
2. Overturning• Overturning is when rock
layers are folded due to gravity, erosion, or shifts in Earth’s crust.
3. Faults• Faults are cracks, fractures or
shifts in Earth’s crust
Fault
Law of Superposition Practice
Which type of unconformity do you see in the diagram?
Can you put the layers in order from oldest to youngest?
Law of Superposition Practice
Which types of unconformity do you see in the diagram?
Can you put the layers in order from youngest to oldest?
What is This?
Fossils• Fossil – traces or remains of living
things from long ago that help sort out the sedimentary rock record
• Index Fossils – common fossils that are used as a “reference” to date other fossils
Types of Fossils
• BrainPOP Video
The Great Fossil Find• Choose a partner to work with…I will give
you 1 minute to move all of your stuff so that you are sitting with your partner and be ready to listen!
• Work together to determine what type of animal your fossil is! The activity guide must be turned in by the end of class!
http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/gr.fs.fd.html
Homework1. Bring a bag of
Skittles next class!2. The Great Fossil
Find Poster due in 2 classes!
Warm-Up• Update your Table of Contents• Get your vocabulary cards out to be checked
(remember I’m checking days 1 & 2)• Tape “Other Ways of Determining Age” into
page 16 of your Interactive NotebookDate Session
#Activity Page
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9/17 8 “Other Ways of Determining Age” Reading Comprehension
16
Determining Age Note Guide 17
Silent Stations Skill Practice Answer Sheet 18
Review
• What were some things we talked about last class that help us determine how old
Earth really is?
The Butler walks to workThe Handyman rides a bikeThe Cook rides a motorcycleThe Maid drives a carThe Nephew has a seeing-eye dog
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Time for more specific evidence…
Relative Age• Relative Age - the age of an event or
object in relation to other events or objects
–Use words like older, younger, around the same time, etc…
Absolute Age• Absolute Age - The actual age of an
event or object– Use techniques to figure out actual age
• Radioactive dating, carbon dating
Lived:1 million years ago
2 million years ago
3 million years ago
4 million years ago
Types of Dating• Radioactive (Radiometric) Dating – If you
know how much radioactive materialwas initially present in the sample and you know the half-life of the material, you can calculate the age of the sample.
• Carbon Dating – Using the amount of carbon in fossil remains to determine the age - sample must have been alive to use carbon dating!
What’s a “half-life?”• Half-life – the length
of time it takes for half of the atoms in a sample of a radioactive material to change
• This break down occurs at a constant rate depending on the substance
Types of Dating
• BrainPOP Video – Carbon Dating
• Half-life Practice
Skittles Half-Life Lab
Questions??
“SILENT STATIONS”
Be sure to tape the station guide into your notebook!
Homework•Vocab Set 2 – Day 3
Warm-Up• Update your Table of Contents for today’s
activities• Get your vocab cards out to be checked• Review your “Silent Stations” guide and
see if you have any questionsDate Session
#Activity Page
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9/19 9 Ice Cores & Tree Rings – Notes and Lab 19
Vocab Set 2 Practice Quiz 20
Homework: Argumentative Writing Prompt 21
Homework: Argumentative Writing Prompt
COPY NOW ONTO PAGE 21!Analyze the information you have learned
about ice cores and tree rings and answer the following:
Which of the two tools is more useful?Defend your answer using 3 pieces of
evidence to support your decision.
“Silent Stations”
• Take the first 20 minutes to complete your remaining stations.
• I am the “Answer Key” station if you are finished and would like to check your answers to make corrections
Just a Few More Pieces of Evidence…
We’ve already talked about:• Law of Superposition• Unconformities (Intrusion, Overturning, Fault)• Fossils/Index Fossils• Absolute & Relative Age• Carbon Dating & Radioactive Dating
We are missing:• Ice Cores• Tree Rings
Remember The Law of Uniformitarianism?
• The earth is a constantly changing place.• Climate change is part of that and the
climate can gradually change over hundreds, thousands or millions of years.
• Ice cores and tree rings are tools to help scientists figure out how the climate has changed in the past.
Ice Cores• Ice Core- a tubular
sample of ice that shows the layers of snow and ice that have built up over thousands of years literally freezing the events of the past
What types of things do you think get “trapped” in these ice cores?
What types of things do you think get “trapped” in these ice cores?
• local temperature records• atmospheric composition data • dust, ash or sediment• plant spores• bubbles of gas or radioactive material* All of this information together presents a
well rounded picture
Ice Cores
• Day After Tomorrow Clip• Video Clip at Discovery Education:
http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=179C023D-B3CE-46A6-BECD-FB5978AB7A01&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
Tree Rings• Another tool for studying climate
change over the life span of the tree• The width of tree rings varies,
depending on how much the tree grows in various years
• Thick ring= good year for growth• Thin ring= poor growth, little rainfall
Tree Ring Practice
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Tree Ring & Ice Core LabEveryone needs to follow directions and act
appropriately!! • One person in your group needs to be in charge
of getting supplies• One person in your group needs to be in charge
of disposal/return of supplies• One person needs to be in charge of making
sure everyone is writing the answers• One person needs to be in charge of answering
questions for your group (spokesperson)DECIDE YOUR ROLES NOW
Homework• Vocabulary Set 2 Practice Quiz
• Argumentative Writing Prompt
The Birth of the Earth
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ93MsM8KFI