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"I have been able to use the interactive notebook sheets with both my 6th and 8th graders. The sheets are easy to use and are a great resource for students. Thanks."
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About this Product

This differentiated unit is composed of interactive notebook lessons organized into chapters. Each chapter includes:

• An overview with photos of the completed INB activity

• One page of input notes (differentiated when necessary)

• At least one INB activity (key included)

• A 4-5 question mini assessment (key included)

• A 2-part reflection exercise

Important Notes:

• Download a FREE Interactive Notebook Unit to learn more about my INB units

• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum

• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum

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EDITABLE INPUT NOTES

• 100% one-page EDITABLE copies of input notes are included

• Notes are saved as a single .docx file that opens with Microsoft Word & Google Docs

• Editable notes are written in font compatible with Microsoft Word & Google Docs

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Topics Covered:

Chapter 1: Geologic Time Scale

Chapter 2: Early Earth (Precambrian)

Chapter 3: History of Life on Earth

Chapter 4: Mass Extinctions

Chapter 5: Fossils (How they form, how we study them)

Chapter 6: Types of Fossils

Chapter 7: Index Fossils

Chapter 8: Relative Dating

Chapter 9: Absolute Dating (Carbon Dating)

Chapter 10: Studying Past Climate with Tree Rings

Chapter 11: Studying Past Climate with Ice Cores

Additional Info:

-Topics are differentiated for intermediate grades.

-Topics are differentiated with a color and shape code.

-Two pages of generic and self-assessment reflection prompts are included.

-This product does not contain "black diamond" chapters.

NGSS Alignment

• This resource supports NGSS 4-ESS1-1 and MS-ESS1-4.

• Refer to my Free Curriculum Support Materials to help incorporate INB lessons into a NGSS aligned curriculum.

TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Report this resource to TPT
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Earth's History Interactive Notebook Unit | Editable Notes

Stephanie Elkowitz
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$11.00

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101 pages / 11 Lessons
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What others say

"I have been able to use the interactive notebook sheets with both my 6th and 8th graders. The sheets are easy to use and are a great resource for students. Thanks."
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Brandi W.

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Description

About this Product

This differentiated unit is composed of interactive notebook lessons organized into chapters. Each chapter includes:

• An overview with photos of the completed INB activity

• One page of input notes (differentiated when necessary)

• At least one INB activity (key included)

• A 4-5 question mini assessment (key included)

• A 2-part reflection exercise

Important Notes:

• Download a FREE Interactive Notebook Unit to learn more about my INB units

• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum

• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum

*********************************************************************************************************

EDITABLE INPUT NOTES

• 100% one-page EDITABLE copies of input notes are included

• Notes are saved as a single .docx file that opens with Microsoft Word & Google Docs

• Editable notes are written in font compatible with Microsoft Word & Google Docs

*********************************************************************************************************

Topics Covered:

Chapter 1: Geologic Time Scale

Chapter 2: Early Earth (Precambrian)

Chapter 3: History of Life on Earth

Chapter 4: Mass Extinctions

Chapter 5: Fossils (How they form, how we study them)

Chapter 6: Types of Fossils

Chapter 7: Index Fossils

Chapter 8: Relative Dating

Chapter 9: Absolute Dating (Carbon Dating)

Chapter 10: Studying Past Climate with Tree Rings

Chapter 11: Studying Past Climate with Ice Cores

Additional Info:

-Topics are differentiated for intermediate grades.

-Topics are differentiated with a color and shape code.

-Two pages of generic and self-assessment reflection prompts are included.

-This product does not contain "black diamond" chapters.

NGSS Alignment

• This resource supports NGSS 4-ESS1-1 and MS-ESS1-4.

• Refer to my Free Curriculum Support Materials to help incorporate INB lessons into a NGSS aligned curriculum.

TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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I have been able to use the interactive notebook sheets with both my 6th and 8th graders. The sheets are easy to use and are a great resource for students. Thanks.
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NGSSMS-ESS1-4
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history. Emphasis is on how analyses of rock formations and the fossils they contain are used to establish relative ages of major events in Earth’s history. Examples of Earth’s major events could range from being very recent (such as the last Ice Age or the earliest fossils of homo sapiens) to very old (such as the formation of Earth or the earliest evidence of life). Examples can include the formation of mountain chains and ocean basins, the evolution or extinction of particular living organisms, or significant volcanic eruptions. Assessment does not include recalling the names of specific periods or epochs and events within them.
NGSS4-ESS1-1
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. Examples of evidence from patterns could include rock layers with marine shell fossils above rock layers with plant fossils and no shells, indicating a change from land to water over time; and, a canyon with different rock layers in the walls and a river in the bottom, indicating that over time a river cut through the rock. Assessment does not include specific knowledge of the mechanism of rock formation or memorization of specific rock formations and layers. Assessment is limited to relative time.
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