Relative vs Absolute Dating and Gaps in the Rock Record
This analog activity presents students with an opportunity to apply relative vs. absolute age-dating techniques to the ages of people. In addition, students will look …
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Lessons & Activities
Developing a Stratigraphic Column: Lake Cayuga Basin, New York
During this activity, students will learn how to construct a complete stratigraphic column from a number of different outcrops in the Lake Cayuga Basin, New …
Pack It In: Grain Packing Competition
This activity is designed to help students understand the concept of porosity and its influence on the storage of fluids in the subsurface. Through hands-on …
Faunal Succession with Foraminifera
During this activity students will learn about the earliest concepts of determining geologic time with fossils. The various fossil flora and fauna in rocks can …
Hydraulic Fracturing Lesson
Hydraulic Fracturing is a method of retrieving petroleum and natural gas that is trapped in the pore space of geologic formation deep underground. The engineering …
