8-Earth+History

8.E.2.1 Infer the age of Earth and relative age of rocks and fossils from index fossils and ordering of rock layers (relative dating and radioactive dating). 8.E.2.2 Explain the use of fossils, ice cores, composition of sedimentary rocks, faults, and igneous rock formations found in rock layers as evidence of the history of the Earth and its changing life forms. || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Anchor Standard/Mathematical Practice(s)**=== || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Learning Target/Task Analysis**===
 * ===**Common Core Standards**===
 * 8.E.2 Understand the history of Earth and its life forms based on evidence of change recorded in fossil records and landforms. **
 * ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Information Technology Standard**=== || ===‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Revised Bloom's Level of thinking**=== ||
 * I will describe and give an example of an index fossil. 8.E.2.1**
 * I will determine the relative age of undisturbed sedimentary rock layers. 8.E.2.1**
 * I will explain the Law of Superposition. 8.E.2.1**
 * I will compare and contrast relative age and absolute dating. 8.E.2.1**
 * I will explain the Theory of Plate Tectonics. 8.E.2.1**
 * I will infer how catastrophic events and erosion can change the rock layers. 8.E.2.1**
 * I will create a model of the rock cycle. 8.E.2.2**
 * I will describe the process of mountain formation. 8.E.2.2**
 * I will model how faults shift and change the Earth's crust. 8.E.2.2**
 * I will explain how ice cores provide evidence of past climate. 8.E.2.2**

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**I can...**

 * I can anlayze how rock layers and fossils provide evidence of Earth's history. 8.E.2.1**
 * I can compare how Earth's processes that we see today are similar to those in the past. 8.E.2.1**
 * I can classify the three types of rocks. 8.E.2.2**
 * I can interpret changes in Earth's lithosphere. 8.E.2.2**
 * I can interpret how rocks, fossils, and ice cores provide evidence of Earth's past. 8.E.2.2**

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**Essential Vocabulary**

 * Index fossils, lithosphere, extinction, Law of Superpostion, unconformities, divergent, convergent, transform, faults, evidence of climate change, plate tectonics, continental drift, absolute age, relative age. 8.E.2.1**
 * Geologic time scale, geologic time 8.E.2.2**

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