This tutorial will help students learn and understand the concepts of geologic time and the age of the Earth. They will investigate the geologic time scale and learn about the use of index fossils and radiometric dating to determine the age of rock formations and fossils.

Summary

Subject keyword(s)	Astronomy, Carbon dating, Earth science, Geologic time, Geology, Geoscience, Isotope, Natural history, Paleontology, Physical sciences, Radioactive decay, Science, Space Science, Space sciences, Stratigraphy
Grade level	High School, Higher Education
Resource type	Reference Material, Text
Resource format	text, text/html
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