Geologic Time
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Geologic Timelines
- UCMP geologic timeline - includes links to find out more about the eras, periods, and epochs
- Geologic time modeled as an hour on a clock and as a football field.
- NOVA online geologic timeline - includes pictures for the periods and links to information about different life forms.
- National Geographic Prehistoric Timeline - interactive timeline that has information about the rise of life throughout Earth's history.
- ChronoZoom timeline - interactive, zoomable timeline showing the history of humans, Earth, and the cosmos.
Relative Dating
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Need some practice using the rules of relative dating to put rock layers in order from youngest to oldest? Here are a few interactive activities you can use!
- Relative Rock Layers - A quick, simple interactive where you determine the order of 6 different rock layers.
- Geological Time - Click on the pictures along the top of the image, and it will show you examples of the different rules used to determine the age of rock layers, along with videos that demonstrate those rules. Click on the magnifying glass to go to the "Relative Age Assessment" - another chance to practice putting the layers in order.
- Earth Science Lab Relative Dating #2 - You can enter the order you think 20 different rock layers formed in, and then click "grade" to see how you did.