Description
This is a great fictional case study of a murder (or was it?) in the old west. Students will use several dating techniques to help solve the mystery. They will also be asked to summarize, discern, and synthesize to write a well crafted argumentative paragraph.
Techniques include;
- Relative Dating
- Absolute Dating
- Dendrochronology
- Carbon Dating
- Half Lives
- Chronological Markers
- Stratigraphy
- Argumentative Writing
- Claim-Evidence-Reasoning
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7th - 12th
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Teaching Duration
45 minutes
Description
This is a great fictional case study of a murder (or was it?) in the old west. Students will use several dating techniques to help solve the mystery. They will also be asked to summarize, discern, and synthesize to write a well crafted argumentative paragraph.
Techniques include;
- Relative Dating
- Absolute Dating
- Dendrochronology
- Carbon Dating
- Half Lives
- Chronological Markers
- Stratigraphy
- Argumentative Writing
- Claim-Evidence-Reasoning
Report this resource to TPT
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I found some discrepancies with this resource and was not able to use it. Some of the factors didn't make sense and were not specific enough. I love the idea behind it, but it really needed more clarity. I cannot use it.
Can you tell me what discrepancies you saw or what didn't make sense? Happy to help!
This was AWESOME! I made a few adjustments to better fit our curriculum (no dendrology, but instead fossil correlation) and students loved being able to apply what we've learned about geologic dating to a mystery.
So glad it worked!
My students loved this activity and had so many different theories about the outcome of this story. I wish there was a key.
Thanks! theres not a key because like your students thought, there is so many different and possible answers!
Great resource!
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