- Anchors Away!
- As Far As I Can Sea
- Bounce
- By All Indications
- Create a Crater
- Fossil Puzzler
- Get Cooking
- How's the Weather?
- Impact!
- It's All Relative
- Keep It Up
- Layers of Earth
- Let's Get Carried Away!
- Look Out Below!
- Motion In The Ocean
- Play Ball
- Sand Shake
- School of Rock
- Shaky Ground
- Smoke on the Water
- Super Soaked Soil
- Tragedy of the Commons
- Watching Weather
- Weathering Cubes
- What Lies Beneath?
- What Am I?
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Hands-on Activity
It's All Relative
Summary
In this activity, students will excavate a box containing several layers of sediment. They will then create a diagram of the geologic column and compare their diagram with diagrams from other groups. They will then work as a class to complete a comprehensive and sequential diagram of the overall geologic column.
Overview
Topic: Relative dating
Real World Science Topics:
Real World Science Topics:
- An exploration of relative dating.
- An exploration of soil and rock layers.
- An exploration of geologic excavations.
Objective
Students will gain an understanding of the ways sediment can form different layers over a large region. They will gain an understanding of relative dating and its applications.
Activity Difficulty Rating: 4 Each hands-on science activity has been ranked based on difficulty of set up and how difficult they are to perform. The rating scale is from 1 to 5, with 1 being the easiest and 5 being the most complicated.
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