Standard 3.2 Geologic time, history, and changing life forms are indicated by fossils and successive sedimentation, folding, faulting and uplifting of layers of sedimentary rock.
a. Describe the geologic time scale and why it is used.
b. Identify and describe the impact of major geologic events on life on Earth.
c. Identify and describe major events in Earth's geologic history.
d. Use direct and indirect evidence to determine the sequence of events in geologic time.
Standard 2.5 Multiple lines of evidence show the evolution of organisms over geologic time.
a. Interpret and analyze data from the fossil record to support a claim that organisms and environments have evolved over time.
b. Analyze and critique the evidence regarding the causes and effects of a mass extinction event.
c. Analyze and interpret data that show human evolution.
d. Use technology to share research findings about the evidence regarding the causes and effects of mass extinction event.
CCSS for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
#7 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
#8 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.8 Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text.
a. Describe the geologic time scale and why it is used.
b. Identify and describe the impact of major geologic events on life on Earth.
c. Identify and describe major events in Earth's geologic history.
d. Use direct and indirect evidence to determine the sequence of events in geologic time.
Standard 2.5 Multiple lines of evidence show the evolution of organisms over geologic time.
a. Interpret and analyze data from the fossil record to support a claim that organisms and environments have evolved over time.
b. Analyze and critique the evidence regarding the causes and effects of a mass extinction event.
c. Analyze and interpret data that show human evolution.
d. Use technology to share research findings about the evidence regarding the causes and effects of mass extinction event.
CCSS for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
#7 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
#8 CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.8 Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text.
Vocabulary
Law of Superposition
Absolute Dating Relative Dating Index Fossils Geological Time Sedimentary Rock Fossils Index Fossils Theory Time Scale Layers Mass Extinction Radioactive Dating Intrusion Extrusion Fault Models Simulation Evidence Fossil Record Lithoshpere Sedimentation Evolution Species Environmental Factors Adapt Cause and Effect Interpret Data Organisms |
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