Glencoe Earth Science

Unit 4: Change and Earth's History

Geologic Time Scale

Project Type: Model
As a group, design a wall mural or diorama depicting the layers of the geologic time scale, or a particular scene of interest from an era.

Task:

• Students may cooperatively design a large diorama or class mural to demonstrate the knowledge they have acquired about past eras in Earth’s history. A written key to the plants and animals present in their model should accompany their final presentation.
• Projects may include a geologic time scale with layers, or a scene of one particular era of interest.

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:

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/