UC Berkeley
Grade Level(s):
- 9-12
- 13-16
Source:
- McKinney, Frank
Resource type:
- Lab activity
Time: One to two class periods
Overview
In this series of lessons students learn the basic principles used to determine the age of rocks and fossils by using half-life in radioactive decay and stratigraphy.
- [Evidence of evolution: Grades 9-12] Radiometric dating can often be used to determine the age of fossils.
- [Evidence of evolution: Grades 13-16] Radiometric dating can often be used to determine the age of fossils.
- [Nature of science: Grades 9-12] Scientists test their ideas using multiple lines of evidence. (P6, NOS2)
- [Nature of science: Grades 9-12] Scientists can test ideas about events and processes long past, very distant, and not directly observable.
- [Nature of science: Grades 13-16] Scientists test their ideas using multiple lines of evidence.
- [Nature of science: Grades 13-16] Scientists can test ideas about events and processes long past, very distant, and not directly observable.
- [Studying evolution: Grades 9-12] Scientists use physical, chemical, and geological evidence to establish the age of fossils.
- NOS Matrix understanding category 2. Scientific knowledge is based on empirical evidence.
- Science and Engineering Practice 6. Constructing explanations and designing solutions
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