Get Free Access for 10 Days!
Lesson Plan

Serc: Mn Step: Relative Dating Using "The Block"

Curated by ACT

This lesson involves an innovative strategy for introducing the concept of relative dating using a block of wood that has been painted, damaged, and nailed. The task for students is to analyze the order in which these events happened and to provide their evidence. Ideas for varying the activity to make it more interesting or more challenging are suggested. The author also provides a sequence of what was done to the blocks so teachers can replicate them.

3 Views 0 Downloads
Concepts
rock layers, relative dating
Show More Show Less
Additional Tags
inquiry-based learning, principle of superposition, sequence of geological events, superposition, ohio pg.eh.1.b.ii, serc, serc: mnstep: relative dating using "the block", serc: mnstep: relative dating using "the block"/ohio pg.eh.1.b.ii, science education resource center at carleton college
Show More Show Less
Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice