Earth’s History
Name: ________________________________________________
Class: Red Blue Green Yellow
Units 2 and 3
Big Ideas:
Rock, fossils and other types of natural evidence are used to study Earth’s history and
measure geologic time.
Minerals and rocks are basic building blocks of Earth and can change over time from one
type of mineral or rock to another.
Essential Questions:
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How do we learn about Earth’s history? (2.1)
How are the relative ages of rock measured? (2.2)
What is the rock cycle? (3.2)
What is the geologic time scale? (2.4)
Unit Vocabulary:
2.1 Geologic
Change Over
Time
Uniformitarianism
Fossil
Trace fossil
Climate
Ice core
Amber
Sedimentary
Asphalt
Decay
Petrification
Fossil record
Composition
Ripple marks
Mud cracks
Pangea
Tectonic plates
2.2 Relative
Dating
Relative dating
Superposition
Unconformity
Geologic column
Tilting
Folding
Fault
Intrusion
Igneous
Crosscutting
relationships
Extrusion
Absolute Dating
3.2 The Rock
Cycle
Metamorphic
Rock cycle
Rock
Mineral
Uplift
Subsidence
Rift zone
2.4 Geologic
Time Scale
Geology
Geologic time
scale
Catastrophism
Catastrophe
Eon
Era
Period
Epoch
Precambian
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Required Tasks:
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2.
3.
4.
5.
Read each lesson and highlight key ideas OR complete the digital online lesson
Complete any class labs
Take any class quizzes
Complete one of the review tasks below for EACH lesson
Take the chapter test
Review Tasks: You must complete one of these for EACH lesson (total 4) and you
may NOT repeat a task.
Create flashcards for the
vocabulary for the lesson
with a picture on one side
and the definition on the
other side. You can then
use these flashcards to
practice studying by
making stacks of the ones
you know and the ones
you don’t know. Make a
pocket in your comp book
to hold your flash cards.
Choose 10 words from
the lesson and create
actions for each word
that show your
understanding of the
word. Teach them to
the class. Submit a list
with the words, the
definitions and the
actions listed or create a
video of yourself doing
the actions.
Create a foldable for the
lesson that includes the
main ideas and
vocabulary. Attach the
foldable into your comp
book. Be prepared to
teach the foldable and
the content to the class
if Ms. Crews asks.
Write a jingle, song or
rap that includes the
main ideas and
vocabulary for the
lesson. Submit your
song lyrics and the tune
that it goes with.
Create a graphic
organizer with pictures
of the vocabulary words
and main ideas that
summarize the meaning
of the word and the
words themselves.
Include some labels to
help you remember
definitions.
Create your own Visual
Summary (like the one
you find at the end of
each lesson) that
includes images and
summary points for the
main ideas in the lesson.
Create a quiz for the
lesson that includes the
main ideas and
vocabulary. It should
include several quiz
item types and should
be typed. Submit the
quiz and the answer
key.
Create an original idea
to review the main ideas
and vocabulary for a
lesson. See Ms. Crews
for approval
Create a poster that
summarizes the key
ideas and vocabulary for
the lesson. The format
for the poster should
reflect the lesson and
should include visuals
and color.
Make a game that
reviews the main ideas
and vocabulary for the
lesson. See Ms. Crews
for approval. It could be
a physical game or a
technology based game.
Create a Quizlet file for
the lesson at
www.quizlet.com .
Share the file with Ms.
Crews. Complete the
practice games online.
Create a crossword
puzzles or some other
worksheet that reviews
the main ideas and
vocabulary for the
lesson. Submit to Ms.
Crews for the class to
complete. Include an
answer key.
Exploration Challenges:
Completing these are optional, however
doing one of these is how you move from Standard Met (B) to Exceeds
Expectations (A) for this unit.
Read lesson 2.3:
Absolute Dating, OR
lesson 3.1: Minerals,
OR lesson 3.3: Three
Classes of Rock and
complete one of the
above review tasks for
the lesson you read.
Find a non-fiction
book in Ms. Crews
room or at the library
or a news article that
relates to this unit.
Complete an Inquiry
Paper (see Ms. Crews)
to share what you
learned.
Complete Do the Math
on page 110.
Complete all the tasks
on that page.
Complete Preserving
the Past on pages 76 –
77. Complete all the
activities on those
pages
Complete the Why It
Matters activity on pg.
99. Complete the
Extend tasks at the
bottom of the page.
Complete one of the
Review Tasks for the
whole unit.
Complete the Citizen
Science on pages 138 –
139. Complete all the
activities on those
pages.
Research about
Complete Think
Earth’s history and
Science on pages 104 –
write up what you find 105. Complete all the
about the following:
tasks on page 105.
What are the major
Research the Emperor
events that scientists
Seamounts island
have discovered as a
chain. Suggest
result of relative dating whether these
techniques? Have there seamounts provide
been any surprising
any evidence to
discoveries? Where
support or disprove
have scientists in the
the hypotheses you
US focused their
made.
attention in recent
years?
Create an iMovie or
Write a narrative
photo slideshow of
about what you would
images that show
see if you traveled
evidence of changes to back in time to
Earth’s surface in your Precambrian time, the
community. Look for Paleozoic Era, the
evidence of both
Mesozoic Era, and the
gradual changes and
early Cenozoic Era.
sudden changes.
Include info about the
environmental
conditions and ancient
life forms.
**Any assignment students want to do with a partner – they need prior approval
from Ms. Crews!!*
Schedule:
Lesson 2.1 Required Task should be Completed by: Nov. 5 – B, Nov. 6 – A
Lesson 2.1 Review task Due: Nov. 7 – B, Nov. 8 - A
Lesson 2.1 Quiz is: Nov. 7 – B, Nov. 8 - A
Lesson 2.2 Required Task should be Completed by: Nov. 11 – B, Nov. 12 - A
Lesson 2.2 Review task Due: Nov. 13 – B, Nov. 14 - A
Lesson 2.2 Quiz is: Nov. 15 – B, Nov. 18 - A
Lesson 3.2 Required Task should be Completed by: Nov. 19 – B, Nov. 20 20
Lesson 3.2 Review task Due: Nov. 21 – B, Nov. 22 - A
Lesson 3.2 Quiz is: Nov. 21 – B, Nov. 22 - A
Lesson 2.4 Required Task should be Completed by: Nov. 25 – B, Nov. 26 - A
Lesson 2.4 Review task Due: Nov. 25 – B, Nov. 26 - A
Unit Exploration Challenges should be Completed by: Nov. 25 – B, Nov. 26 A
Unit Test is: Dec. 2 – B, Dec. 3 - A