Description
In this activity, students will put what they have learned about the rules of stratigraphy and relative dating to work. You students will create a 3D block model of a section of the Earth's crust and then analyze it to sequence the layers and events in the model. Students will determine sequence and then defend their choices using the geologic principles of stratigraphy.
This activity should take about 1-1.5 50 minute class periods and was designed for use in a high school Earth Science classroom. An answer key is included. Product files are in .docx format.
This activity is an excellent follow up to my "Rules of Stratigraphy" activity (where students come up with their own rules of relative dating) and my "Relative Dating Lecture Notes" (where we give the names to those rules).
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Description
In this activity, students will put what they have learned about the rules of stratigraphy and relative dating to work. You students will create a 3D block model of a section of the Earth's crust and then analyze it to sequence the layers and events in the model. Students will determine sequence and then defend their choices using the geologic principles of stratigraphy.
This activity should take about 1-1.5 50 minute class periods and was designed for use in a high school Earth Science classroom. An answer key is included. Product files are in .docx format.
This activity is an excellent follow up to my "Rules of Stratigraphy" activity (where students come up with their own rules of relative dating) and my "Relative Dating Lecture Notes" (where we give the names to those rules).
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