Compare fossils found in sedimentary rock to determine their relative age SPI 0807.5.5

Links verified 9/20/2014

1. Age Dating of Sedimentary Rock - classroom activity from Glencoe
2. Age of a Fossil Can Now be Directly Determined from the Fossil - new techniques allow for direct determination of its age
3. Age of Fossils [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
4. Amber in Nature - Look at pieces of amber to find out what is captured inside and what clues it provides about the ancient ecosystem.
5. The Clock Of Eras - a graphic aid to help visualize geologic time
6. Determining Age of Rocks and Fossils - from UCMP Berkeley
7. Fantastic Fossil Finds
8. Fossil Horse Cyber Museum - from the Florida Museum of Natural History
9. Fossil Lesson Plans - lesson plans on fossils of individual phyla, as well as general lesson plans for introducing fossils and how they are formed
10. Fossils - Clues to the Past - Fossils provide clues to what life was like in ancient times.
11. Fossils Rock - especially for teachers, students, and homeschoolers who want to put some fun into their earth science classes
12. Fossils, Rocks, and Time - from USGS
13. Fossils Through Time - choose a time period to see what life was like
14. Geology of the Grand Canyon - The ultimate display of rock layers
15. Geology of the Grand Canyon area - from Wikipedia
16. Grand Canyon National Park - geology field notes from the NPS
17. Grand Canyon Rock Layers - includes a mnemonic sentence to help you remember the layers
18. How fossils can form - This animation shows the formation of a cast and mold, one way that fossils can form. Casts are copies of fossilized plants or animals. Molds are hollow impressions of the fossil. This process takes thousands or millions of years.
19. How Fossils Form - from Enchanted Learning
20. Life Has a History - an educational module sponsored by the National Science Foundation (select level 2 for 5-8)
21. Overview of Grand Canyon Geology and Rock Formations - from a Grand Hikes page
22. Paleontology Portal - this site was funded by the National Science Foundation
23. Prehistoric Life - determining the age of rocks and fossils
24. Recreating extinct animals from fossil evidence is like completing a giant jigsaw puzzle, but without all the pieces. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
25. Relative Age - determining relative age from the rock record
26. Relative Dating - stratigraphy and the principles of relative dating
27. Relative Time Scale - from USGS
28. Timeline
    • Make a Time Line - See suggestions on how to make a timeline that looks just like the TCAP format.
    • Use Excel to Make a Timeline - step by step instructions for making a timeline that replicates the TCAP format
29. Virtual Fossil Museum - fossils across geological time and evolution
30. What Are Fossils - from the San Diego Natural History Museum [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
31. What is a Fossil - discussion of Type I and Type II fossils
32. What's a Fossil? - from the UN Museum
33. Who's On First? - a Relative Dating activity

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