This PowerPoint lesson aligns with the Common Core State Standards:

STANDARD 7 - The Earth

"The teacher understands the dynamic nature of the Earth and recognizes that its features and structures result from natural processes.

Knowledge Indicators - The teacher:

7C. understands the scope of geologic time and the continuing physical changes of the Earth through time.

7D. understands the interrelationships between living organisms and Earth's resources."

PowerPoint lesson I in the unit "Geologic Time." The lesson outlines the basic events in Precambrian and Paleozoic life in Earth history. A separate student PowerPoint worksheet is also available as an outline to this lesson.

A class activity is included at the end of each Earth/Space presentation. A 20-question interactive quiz/review at kahoot.it and a "quizizz" online activity are also included as links in the last slide.

PowerPoint lessons contain many graphics and links to short videos to further student understanding.

PowerPoint slides also contain slide-sorter notes for the instructor based on student most "frequently asked questions" or FAQ's to help clarify the subject.

* All PowerPoint lessons; ActivInspire reviews; student note guides/activities and assessments can be found under the "Earth/Space Complete Unit V Geologic Time" zip file folder.

Terms/concepts covered in this lesson include:

geologic time

fossils

trilobites

index fossils

evolution

geologic time scale

mountain building

eons

eras

periods

epochs

precambrian

protorozoic

phanerozoic

paleozoic

mesozoic

cenozoic

species

organic evolution

natural selection

Charles Darwin

artificial selection

Pangaea

astronomydad

Earth/Space Lesson I PowerPoint "Life and Geologic Time" by astronomydad is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.