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Digging Into the Past

Digging Into the Past

This activity (on pages 23-27) lets learners simulate the work of scientists who take core samples of Earth's rocky layers to determine geological history. Learners create a model of Earth's geological history with different colors of sugar layered into a cup, and take core samples of the sugar layers (strata) with a straw.

Keywords:
Geological History, Life Science, Social Sciences, Rock, Strata, Geoscience, NSDL, Anthropology, Fossils, Earth, Rocks and Minerals, Core Sample, Layers, Geologic Time
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
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Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Grade School, Middle School
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Website
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Language:
English
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No
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