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The Origin and Evolution of the Earth System (9-12) * The sun, the earth, and the rest of the solar system formed from a nebular cloud of dust and gas 4.6 billion years ago. The early earth was very different that the earth today. * Geologic time can be estimated by observing rock sequences and using fossils to correlate at various locations. * Interactions among the solid earth, the oceans, the atmosphere, and organisms have resulted in the ongoing evolution of the earth system. (NSES, 1996)
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In the rectangle above, you will find the fundamental concepts and principles that underlie this standard. Below you will find a list of recommended "learning tools" for this standard. Just click the links within the descriptions. Numbers are for reference only. Use our "Tell a Friend" feature, at the bottom, to send this page to a friend!
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The name of this clear and concise learning tool is Radioactive Dating Game. Learn about different types of radiometric dating, such as carbon dating. Understand how decay and half life work to enable radiometric dating to work. Play a game that tests your ability to match the percentage of the dating element that remains to the age of the object. The incredibly wonderful web site called PhET has developed this site. |
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Elegant and interesting the name of this "learning tool" is called Build Your Own Star. Use the star simulator to build your own star! You determine the fate of your star by setting initial characteristics. Then watch as its life story unfolds before your eyes. This interactive was developed by the Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development group. Be sure to visit their other interactives at their Science Lab. |
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This simple, but effective, "learning tool" comes to us from one of the premier science museums in the United States, the Exploratorium, in San Francisco. With this tool, students can see the relationship between time and the position of fossils in relation to the break-up of Pangaea. The tool is called Continental Divide: The Breakup of Pangaea. Students simple move the little red arrow. |
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Use this "learning tool" called Fossil Gallery to explore the history of life through fossils. Click on a group of fossils, select a geologic time period or use the menus below to begin. Use the help buttons for more information about taxonomic groupings. This wonderful site comes to us from the Paleontology Portal. |
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Use this "learning tool" map, called
Exploring
Time and Space to explore the history of life through geologic time in
North America. Click on the map or on the geologic time scale to begin. Or
use the menus below to narrow your search. This wonderful site comes to us
from the Paleontology Portal. |
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The goal of the PALEOMAP Project is to illustrate the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1100 million years. |
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This "learning tool" is called Half-Life. One of the most innovative science education companies is Explorelearning.com, they call their simulations, Gizmos. They are a subscription site, but they allow you to see this Gizmo for 5 minutes. Shockwave is required. |
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