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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Rock Layers and Fossils to Infer Past

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is an inquiry-based field investigation of the sedimentary geology of Lilydale Regional Park's brickyards area, a bluff and slope location near St. Paul Minnesota's Harriet Island and Cherokee Heights Park. Young scholars...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Sedimentary Processes of Transgression and Regression

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives a detailed explanation of how transgression and regression of sea levels work to create deposits of sedimentary rocks. Illustrations show the layering that takes place over time. The article discusses how geologists...
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University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Uniformitarianism

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the pioneers in Earth's geologic history and their discovery of how the process of uniformitarianism shaped the study of evolution.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: What Is Graded Bedding?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what graded bedding is and how it forms in sedimentary deposits.