Unit 3: Geologic Time, and the Evolution of the Biosphere
Topic
Materials
Learning Goals
Reading the rock record
-Review geosphere material from unit 2
-Ch. 10 notes
-Geologic time pp notes
-Earth HAS a history video notes
-Interpreting geologic sequences activity
-Interpreting rocks lab
-activity: Correlation & Fossils worksheet		 -name and interpret information such as environments of fomation for common rocks and rock sequences
-differentiate between and defifne relative vs. numerical dating and in what situations geologists use each
-Define and differentiate between Catastrophism and uniformitarianism and understand how each interprets earth's past
-identify by name key scientists and their contributions to the development of the study of geology
-use relative dating laws, with information about type of rocks, fossils dates, unconformities etc. to unravel a geologic story such as for Boulder, CO
-Use correlation techniques such as index, group of fossils, or rock types, to correlate rock sequences
-identify common fossils and explain how they are formed and significance and characteristics of index fossils
-understand how timescale has been constructed, the divisions and scale
-match important events in the evolution of the earth system  with the proper time periods as well as compare/contrast time periods (on the scale of the eras like you did for the geo time idol project)
-discuss role of life in evolving the earth system and of the earth system in evolving life
-Ch. 11 notes
-Geologic time pp notes and geo time metaphor handout
-Ozmandias poem
-Geo time worksheet
- Annotated geo time scale
-review of important events
-Geologic Time Idol
Geologic Time scale
human impact and energy will not be on the unit 3  test
Human Impact & Energy
-compare different types of energy in terms of their characteristics especially benefits and costs to earth system
-explain the formation of fossil fuels, the natural carbon cycle and human interference
-understand the certainty and questions about global warming and relate to the greenhouse effect & carbon cycle pathways
-explain the good and the bad ozone problems in terms of causes, damages, and connection to carbon and climate.
-discuss other environmental issues with attention to how they occur and the impacts on the earth system
-relate current events to our environmental and earth system approach curriculum
-PP notes on human impact
-Carbon cycle worksheet
-Energy  project info sheets & speech
-Energy industry worksheet
-Video: on Ozone hole
-Video:An Inconvenient Truth
-Human Impact News Journal
-Review PPnotes on greenhouse effect & global warming
-debate: global warming exagerated?
-Lab:climate's effect on maple sugaring at the NCOF
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