Mapping change over time
Publication Date:
January, 2012
Type of Resource:
Information Sheet
This online resource looks at the geologic timeline.
The resource details an activity where a class builds a geologic timeline on a wall, adding one or two pieces of information each week.
Organisms are placed on the timeline, with a description of the evidence for its form and its position on the timeline.
It is suggested that this activity could be done at the start or end of a lesson each week during the topic.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U02 (Year 10)
Additional Information
This activity has been produced by the Nuffield foundation in partnership with the Society of Biology (UK) and is found on the Nuffield foundation website.
A Google search and textbooks are good sources for example geologic time lines.
Australian Curriculum:
- Year 10 > Science Understanding > Biological Sciences > The theory of evolution by natural selection explains the diversity of living... > ACSSU185
- Year Senior Secondary > Science Understanding > Biological Sciences