Geological time

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EarthViewer Interactive

This downloadable resource examines Earth's geological history.

What did Earth’s continents and oceans look like 250 million years ago, or even 1 billion years ago? What do we know about the climate back when our planet formed?

This free-to-download software allows you to follow continental drift and certain aspects of climate change from 540 million years ago to the present without having to reload. It has several other useful and interesting additional features as compared to 'Ancient Earth'.

Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S10U03 (Year 10)

ABC Science article “Confirmed: Earth’s oldest rock in Australia”

This online resource is about the formation of the Earth's crust.

The resource is an ABC Science report that relates to the age of the EarthScientists have discovered that rock crystals found in Western Australia are the oldest rocks ever found on Earth; zircon crystals have been positively dated at 4.374 billion years.

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