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It's About Time

• Important dates and cool creatures in earth history. A list of important dates that you can use in for Earth History activities.
• Important dates and cool creatures in earth history (short list).
• Important dates and cool creatures in earth history-focus on Kentucky.. A list of important dates that you can use in for Earth History activities.
• Images in Time. Black and white images of animals and plants from Earth's past, which you can download for use in classroom activities.
• Pages of Time. Using rolls of adding machine paper to make a time line.
• Time Clocks. Using a wall clock or watch to make a time line.
• Hallway Time . Using a hallway in school to make a time line.
• Fields of Time. Using a football field as an outdoor classroom to make a time line.
• Geologic Time Scale demonstrated with dots [pdf format]
• Court Time. Using a basketball court or gymnasium to make a time line.
• Parking Time. Using your school's parking lot as an outdoor classroom to make a time line.
• Calendar Time. Using a calendar to make a time line.
• Cents of Time . Flipping pennies to construct a radioactive decay curve and learn about absolute dating
• M & M Time. Frank McKinney (leaves KGS website). Flipping M & M candy to learn about absolute dating
• Time Machine. Create your own web page about earth history topics.
• Geologic Time at our National Parks Using information from National Park websited to show time and earth history
• Toilet Paper Time. Elizabeth Roettger's webpage (leaves KGS site).Using a roll of toilet paper to demonstrate time. Be careful, toilet paper tears easily.

Key Links to Geologic Time Scales. 
Annotated links to activities, time scales, and explanations of geologic time

Key Links to Age Dating.
Annotated links to activities, lessons, and content information about relative and absolute age dating

Key Links to Earth History.
Annotated links to times and events in earth history. A wealth of easy-to-get-to information.

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