Relative and Absolute Dating Lesson | Geologic Time Unit

What others say

"Great activity! Easy to use, well-organized, and very engaging for students. It aligned well with my curriculum and required little prep. Would definitely recommend."

Melissa F.

"The slides were clear and engaging. It was very helpful to have the stratigraphy practice problems - a great way to check for understanding"

Michelle B.

Description

This lesson teaches students how we measure the age of rocks using relative and absolute dating. These two topics are broken down into two powerpoints:

The powerpoint on relative dating covers the 4 laws when dating strata and index fossils. The powerpoint on absolute dating covers half life and radiometric decay. Review worksheets are included to accompany each powerpoint.

Included in your purchase is:

- 24 slide powerpoint presentation on relative dating (editable)

- 19 slide powerpoint presentation on absolute dating (editable)

- Student fill-in-the-blank notes

- Writing prompt

- Student practice worksheets on stratigraphy and half life

- Exit ticket

Supports NGSS MS-ESS1-4

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Relative and Absolute Dating Lesson | Geologic Time Unit

Name: Relative and Absolute Dating Lesson | Geologic Time Unit
Brand: Science Lessons That Rock
SKU: 1291804
Price: 5.50 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.75 (112 reviews)

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Digital downloads

Microsoft PowerPoint, PDF

Grades

8th - 10th

Subjects

Archaeology, Earth Sciences

What others say

"Great activity! Easy to use, well-organized, and very engaging for students. It aligned well with my curriculum and required little prep. Would definitely recommend."

Melissa F.

"The slides were clear and engaging. It was very helpful to have the stratigraphy practice problems - a great way to check for understanding"

Michelle B.

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Description

This lesson teaches students how we measure the age of rocks using relative and absolute dating. These two topics are broken down into two powerpoints:

Included in your purchase is:

- 24 slide powerpoint presentation on relative dating (editable)

- 19 slide powerpoint presentation on absolute dating (editable)

- Student fill-in-the-blank notes

- Writing prompt

- Student practice worksheets on stratigraphy and half life

- Exit ticket

Supports NGSS MS-ESS1-4

You might also be interested in:

Fossils p owerpoint

Earth Science Writing Prompts

Stratigraphy lab

Half life lab

Be sure to follow my TpT store by clicking on the "follow me" button next to my seller picture to receive notifications of new products and upcoming sales.

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Rated 5 out of 5

May 1, 2026

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Great value

Great activity! Easy to use, well-organized, and very engaging for students. It aligned well with my curriculum and required little prep. Would definitely recommend.

Melissa F.

163 reviews • Georgia

Grades taught: 9th, 10th

Good Resource, Needs some improvement

Rated 3 out of 5

January 26, 2026

Great value

My only complaint is the notes for students to write on is in a PPT format and should be either a PDF or Word File.

Anthony C.

1,313 reviews • Florida

Grades taught: 7th

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Jan 26, 2026

Hi there! The notes are PDF files, but they are a fill-in-the-blank version of the powerpoint slides. Perhaps you were looking for a more cornell note / 2 column note sheet?

Rated 4 out of 5

May 27, 2025

My students loved this resource! It is great to use as supplement filler or review!

Caitlyn Shannon

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406 reviews

Grades taught: 7th

Student populations: Autism, Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties

Rated 4 out of 5

March 27, 2025

These notes are clear, concise and visual. These work well with my students with learning diabolizes. The images were clear and helpful.

Audra Y.

274 reviews

Grades taught: 11th, 12th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

Rated 5 out of 5

December 30, 2024

Thank you so much! This was a great resource.

Carrie W.

560 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5

August 28, 2024

The slides were clear and engaging. It was very helpful to have the stratigraphy practice problems - a great way to check for understanding

Michelle Black

(TPT Seller)

281 reviews

Grades taught: 8th

Rated 5 out of 5

July 31, 2024

This assignment was clear and thorough and my 8th graders were engaged in the work. Thank you!

Corey D.

476 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5

March 10, 2024

Relative and Absolute Dating a necessity for 8th grade Science. The resource made it easy for them to understand.

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Grades taught: 8th