Geologic Time Scale: 10 cm, calendar, clock
by Elena Tellechea
How old is Earth? How big is 1 million years compared to 1 billion years? Students will use three models to organize geologic time and practice cross multiplication to solve for a variable.
Lesson Grade Level
8th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18UTVsunijBTcTgR4IBjnRB6lcXx9AI6I/edit?u…Related Content
Grades:
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade
Explore how cells can only be so big by studying how things move in and out of them, and discover why the size of a cell is connected to its surface area and volume.
Grades:
8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
I use this lesson as a fun activity to visualize unit conversions and the immense scale of the universe. I love this lesson because I find it challenging to teach unit conversions with hands-on
Grades:
7th Grade
Students will be divided into 6 groups, one for each of the major systems in the human body, and create a presentation to share with the rest of the class.