Learning Exercise

Who's on First? Relative Dating for Fossils

Introduction to Geologic Time. This activity introduces students to Law of Superposition. Students will practice with simple card sets to find specific dates, then use the fossil pictures to date the rocks.

Material:: Evolution 101
Date last modified:: June 27, 2005
Created by:: Julie Baker
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Exercise

Disciplines

Science and Technology

Audience

Middle School
College General Ed

Topics

Activity created by Marsha Barber & Diana Scheidle Bartos

Type of Task

Student-centered
Individual
Core Activity

Learning Objectives

Students will learn to sequence information using items which overlap specific sets.
S's will relate sequencing to the Law of Superposition.
S's will show how fossils can be used to give relative dates to rock layers.