Fossil Succession and Geologic Time

Geologic time scale project

Procedure
Cut a piece of adding-machine tape 4.6 meters long. (If you have only a ruler, remember that one meter equals 100 centimeters or 39.37 inches.) If no adding-machine tape is available, you can cut plain paper into long strips, each about 5 centimeters wide, and attach them to make a continuous piece of paper, approximately 4.6 meters long.
Note: You may also create a digital time scale using a word-processing or spreadsheet program of your choice.

Choose this option if you do not have access to a digital camera. Determine an appropriate scale for placing the geologic time scale of 4.6 billion years (4,600 million) on the piece of adding-machine tape. If you need help creating the scale, try the scale calculator.

Plot each era and period on the adding machine tape using the scale you chose from your calculations. As you indicate each era or period, make notes on the paper about significant events that occurred during that time. Events can be biological or geological in nature.

http://www.ask.com/answers/254610301/can-someone-please-help-me-with-this-geologic-time-scale-project

Where to Dig So you want to dig up a dinosaur? Sure, why not? Dinosaurs roamed every continent millions of years ago, so there should be plenty of dinosaur fossils around. What's the catch? Well, you need to know where to look and how to dig.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/trex/dig/

Making Fossils (DRY MIX)

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"Dig your own fossil"
These kits have been around for ages. It’s always fun to chip away at dirt/clay/rock to find some sort of treasure inside. The trouble with many of these kits, beyond the lame toy at the end, is that they are short-lived. Dig for ten minutes and you’re done. So, make your own bigger and better, of course!

You’ll need:
Dig1Plaster of paris An equal amount of dirt, rock, and sand (for realism, naturally)
A small, shoebox sized plastic storage bin, or foil baking pan.
Plastic dinosaurs, shells, or other diggable treasures
Water
A bucket for mixing
A large stick and garden trowel for stirring
A nice day

Material to water ratio is 2:1. Mix your plaster and dirt together in the bucket and add water a little at a time. Mix with your stick and keep mixing until you get good creamy mud. Pour in a layer of mixture into your mold. Add your "fossils," add a layer of mixture. Repeat in layers until you fill your mold. 

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2007/07/make-your-own-f/

Its like Stellarium before the interwebs

 
 
http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/starclock/skywheel.html
 
A planisphere is a star chart analog computing instrument in the form of two adjustable disks that rotate on a common pivot. It can be adjusted to display the visible stars for any time and date. It is an instrument to assist in learning how to recognize stars and constellations. The astrolabe, an instrument that has its origins in the Hellenistic civilization, is a predecessor of the modern Planisphere. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planisphere

Sun King

Lesson Overview

Students determined the actual distance to the Sun without ever leaving the Earth, and in doing so will gained a better understanding of the huge distances in the Earth-Sun-Moon system. In order to determine these distances, students will apply their understanding of mathematical models in two different ways, using a single mathematical principle.

The Sun: The Supreme Ruler of the Solar System

The Sun is at the center of the Solar System. The eight major planets and their moons as well as the smaller bodies—such as dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets—all revolve around the Sun. The Sun’s role as the center and supreme ruler of the Solar System comes from its high mass: it has 99.8% of the mass in the system and, therefore, guides the movement of the other objects via gravitational forces. Sunlight brings energy to the rest of the Solar System and largely determines the conditions prevalent at the planets, from making the sunlit side of Mercury bake in 427ºC (800ºF) heat to providing the hospitable environment for life on Earth.

The Sun’s diameter is about 1.4 million km (865,000 miles), roughly 109 times Earth’s diameter. This is the same ratio as between the height of an NFL linebacker (185 cm) and the size of a honey bee (1.7 cm). The Sun is about 150 million km (93 million miles) away from Earth. The situation is similar to the honey bee hovering about two football fields away from the linebacker. The mass of the Sun is 1.99 × 1030 kg, or about 333,000 times Earth’s mass. This is the same ratio as between a linebacker (100 kg) and three honey bees (0.1 g each).

http://journeythroughtheuniverse.org/downloads/Content/Voyage_G58_L3.pdf

Impact craters

Impact craters are formed when impactors such as meteorites smash into the moon's surface. The factors affecting the appearance of impact craters include the size and velocity of the impactor and the geology of the surface. Students will use flour, baking soda and cornmeal to recreate a lunar surface. They will then drop impactors such as marbles onto their lunar surface from various heights. Finally, they will measure various characteristics of the impact craters formed.

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Impact_Craters.html