Cenozoic Lesson Plans - LessonCorner

1. The Geologic TimeString
.... You should use it to show geologic time's huge size something a text-book cannot do. My students become very familiar with the TimeString. I have overheard them talking about the string and whether a particular event would "register" on the string. As I have explained, the 65 million years of the Cenozoic are represented by 65 millimeters of cording. The students can see and feel this time and develop a real sense of the huge scale involved. In one activity, I moisten the tip of the string by touching the Cenozoic end to the tip of my tongue. I then vigorously dry off the end and tell them that the m...

2. Geologic Time Scale
...Students will try to put reptiles, birds, fish, mammals, plants, dinosaurs into sequential order from first to now. Discussion will follow. The Lesson: Geologic Time Cartoon: Students will be put into groups of three, each student in a group will be responsible for one ear (Paleozoic, Mesozoic, or Cenozoic). Students will receive a basic landscape with mountain, land, and water in 1. addition to a packet of coordinating cartoon animals and plants to place in their respective era cartoon scene. Students within each group will share their cartoons and explain the change in life from one era to the next....

3. Geologic Time When Was Coal Formed? - Sec.
...Length 4 billion Cambriam 70 million Ordovician 70 million Silurian 35 million Paleozoic Devonian 50 million Mississippian 25 million Pennsylvanian 40 million Permian 55 million Total Length 354 million Triassic 35 million Mesozoic Jurassic 54 million Cretaceous 71 million Total Length 160 million Cenozoic Tertiary 63 million Quarternary ======== Activity developed by: Beverly Bowers, Mannington Middle School, Fairmont, West Virginia and the American Coal Foundation

4. Be a Fossil Detective
...d during the Age of the Dinosaurs, and that many other animals (e.g., sharks and Exogyra) lived at that time. 2. A group discussion should follow as to why no dinosaur remains were discovered, if this is a Mesozoic deposit. 3. Further discussion should emphasize why this deposit could not have been Cenozoic or Paleozoic in age, even though sharks are still alive today. Quesions regarding fossils likely to be found in underlying older formations, as well as in now eroded overlying younger units, will lead to an understanding of stratigraphic principles. Additonal discussions could emphasize the relevanc...

5. Caldecott Tunnel - Lesson Plan | My Science Box
...raw an index card, or series of cards, showing the hills being pushed up and the tunnel being carved. 7. Arrange the drawings along the masking tape timeline. You can come back to this timeline, adding additional information (such as the periods and epochs - Miocene epoch 5-24 mya, Tertiary period, Cenozoic era - and the types of plants and animals that might have roamed the ancient river valleys and volcanoes) as students learn about geologic time in the upcoming lessons. < Previous^Up^Next > Submitted by irene on Mon, 2006-02-27 19:55. Printer-friendly version Login or register to post comments Creat...

6. Something About Rocks (and other stuff)
...anced SearchFull Unit of Study ListingSubmit a New Unit Home DDN Curriculum Components for Unit of Study 406 Unit of Study Title: Something About Rocks (and other stuff) Topic Area: Science Grade Level: 6-8 Time Frame: 18-22 days Key Words: Geologic time scale; Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras; sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rock types; weathering, erosion, and deposition; Unit Designer: Margaret King (MK018) Unit Designer E-mail: Margaret.King@k12.sd.us School District: Armour Date Added: 6/25/2002 8:18:19 AM Date Last Revised: 6/27/2002 1:48:01 PM Peer Reviewer: Lynn Mebius...

7. Lesson: evolution: Geo/Paleo Patterns: Time Machine
...o ~2% level) 1 billion years ago (earliest fossil evidence of sexual reproduction: tetrad cells) 545 million years (beginning of Paleozoic and the Cambrian "explosion" of diversity) 250 million years (end of Permian extinction, beginning of Mesozoic) 65 million years (end of dinosaurs, beginning of Cenozoic) 6 million years (beginning of hominins) Now (at other edge of doorway) - a. Measure the perimeter of your classroom. - b. Using that dimension to represent 4.5 billion years, and starting at the door into your classroom, place markers at intervals backwards in time matching the list above. A suitab...

8. Cosmology Different Stories
...tly after primates appear on the scene, the Cretaceous period ends with the 5th mass extinction after an asteroid 6 miles in diameter hits the Yucatan peninsula leading, in time, to a severe drop in temperature. This marks the end of the age of dinosaurs and the beginning of the age of mammals, the Cenozoic era. With the dinosaurs gone, the once dark and sheltered small mammals stride into daylight moving quickly to occupy available ecological niches. Over the course of the next 60 million years Earth greets rodents, whales, monkeys, horses, cats and dogs, antelopes, gibbons, grazing animals, orangutan...

9. Jane Wang Moy
...mplete -dictionaries Advanced Preparation: Make a chart with three columns labeled word, prefixand meaning. Have copies of the chart for each student as well as copiesof the reading selection. Words to study include: Precambrian, Paleozoic,Mesozoic, dinosaurs, Mastodons, Gymnosperms, decomposition, Cenozoic, Pleistocene,receding and Herbaceous. Procedure: -Introduce the reading to the students. -Ask what are the two headings or titles, subtitles, connected to the reading. -Ask what type of information do they expect from the reading. -Have students read the selection. -Have students generate a list of...

10. Lesson: Whale Evolution
...hich whale-like traits appeared earliest, and which ones appeared later. 6. Students will explain how the tectonic movement of India into Asia caused changes in the Tethys Sea, and how those changes may have contributed to the emergence of whales. For Teacher Overheads: 1. Classroom timeline of the Cenozoic era (past 65 million years; 6 pdf pgs) 2. "Whale Lengths" (optional, info for full size whale strips; pdf page) 3. "Some Modern Whales" (optional, pictures for cutouts and overhead) 4. "Pakicetus Variations" (optional, pictures MATERIALS for overhead) 5. "Family Tree of Whales" (optional, picture fo...