Warm up: Think about Relative Age and Absolute Age. When a geologists looks at the stratigraphy (the rock layers) in any given area, can he or she give those rocks an absolute age or a relative age? Explain your answer.
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES:
- Due Today: Nothing!
- Paste Igneous Stratigraphy on Page 109, Stratigraphy reading on page 110
- Igneous stratigraphy discussion and notes
- START reading (stratigraphy Lesson 1) and response essay on Stratigraphy
- HOMEWORK:
- - Bring in Graph paper for Thursday
- - finish reading and work on Stratigraphy essay questions on page 111 in notebook (You will only have 10 min. in class to work on it tomorrow!!)
- READING RESPONSE QUESTIONS:
- write a short essay that addresses the following questions:
- Paragraph 1: How has stratigraphy helped scientists understand Earth's history?
- Paragraph 2: How do scientists gather stratigraphic data?
- Paragraph 3: Who has made contributions to the field of stratigraphy?
- NOTE: Make sure you use specific examples from the text on page 110 to support your argument!
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