Glencoe Earth Science

Unit 4: Change and Earth's History

Earth's History Mural

Project Type: History
Have the student discover some of earth’s inhabitants of different time periods by using the fossil record.

Task:
Have students research a period in the geologic time scale and then chart the possible Earth inhabitants of that period. Have them create a drawing that shows what they think might have been a typical scene during that period in Earth’s history. Categories may include:

• plants
• fish
• reptiles
• mammals
• birds

Resources:
The following are sites to help research the geologic time scale. Students may use these and or any other site they find.

Geologic Time Scale:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/Geologictime.html

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/geo_time_scale.html

http://www.palaeos.com/Timescale/default.htm

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/timescale.html

http://www.earthscienceworld.org/timescale/

Rubric:

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