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Title: Deep Time: The Geologic Time Scale
Url: https://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/methods/quantlit/DeepTime.html
Creator: Wenner, Jennifer M.
Publisher: Science Education Resource Center
Description: This page examines the issues involved in teaching students about the geologic time scale. There are suggestions for tackling troublesome issues in class as well as activities that can be used to clarify how geoscientists look at deep time. Five main concepts with which students struggle when thinking about Deep Time are addressed here: imagining or comprehending big numbers; the difference between relative and numerical age; the concept of "timescales"; the ways we know about the age of the Earth and other materials; and resolving perceived issues with religious beliefs.
LC Classification: Bibliography. Library science. Information resources (General) -- Subject bibliography -- Geology. Mineralogy. Paleontology -- Special topics, A-Z -- Geological time
Science -- Geology -- Dynamic and structural geology -- Geological time. Age of the earth
Science -- Geology -- Dynamic and structural geology -- Structural geology -- Problems, exercises, examinations
Science -- Geology -- Study and teaching. Research
GEM Subject: Science -- Earth science
Science -- Instructional issues
Science -- Geology
Key Concept: Geology -- Geologic time
Date Issued: 2008-08-12
Resource Type: Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Demonstration
Instructional Material -- Lesson/Lesson Plan
Instructional Material -- Interactive Simulation
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: High School
Middle School
Elementary School
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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