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Four Ways to Understand the Earth's Age Instructional VideoFour Ways to Understand the Earth's Age Instructional Video
Publisher
TED-Ed
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6th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
3:45
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Duration
30 mins
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2013
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Four Ways to Understand the Earth's Age

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Cartoon children compare the earth's age to timescales that we understand:a calendar year, the thickness of a book, the human lifespan. This smart film clip is definitely worth adding to your geologic timescale lesson! If you subscribe to the free membership on the publisher's website, you will also have access to comprehension and discussion questions, as well as links to other related resources. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the earth, the earth's history, unicellular organisms, fossils, geologic history

Additional Tags

ess1.b, ess1.c, science

Pros

  • Colorful and attractive animation
  • Clever analogies of the geologic timescale

Cons

  • Narration borders on monotonous 

Common Core

RI.6.7 RI.7.7 RI.8.7 6.EE.B.6 HSN-Q.A.1 HSN-Q.A.2 HSN-Q.A.3 HSA-SSE.A.1.a HSA-CED.A.2 HSA-CED.A.4 RST.6-8.1 RST.6-8.9 WHST.6-8.2.a MP2 MP4

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