This document outlines homework, classwork, and lab/quiz activities for students to complete related to four topics: relative age, absolute age, fossilization, and geologic time. For each topic, students can choose between vocabulary cards, reading sections from textbooks or workbooks, or completing diagrams and writing assignments. For classwork, activities include diagrams, paragraphs, foldables, and quizzes. For labs or quizzes, students can choose to create timelines, charts, essays or comparisons. The document provides assignment options for students at different skill levels for each of the four geology topics.

1. Relative Age Absolute Age Fossilization Geologic Time
Tier 1 (HW): Choose 1 Tier 1 (HW): Choose 1 Tier 1 (HW): Choose 1 Tier 1 (HW): Choose 1
• Vocabulary Cards • Vocabulary Cards • Vocabulary Cards • Vocabulary Cards
• IWB Sect. 2 (p. 96) • SG p. 65 - 66 • IWB Sect. 4 (p. 106) • IWB Sect. 5 (p. 112)
Tier 2 (CW): Tier 2 (CW): Tier 2 (CW): Tier 2 (CW):
• Draw a diagram that • Write a paragraph that • Fossil Foldable – include • Create a 10 question
shows the relative age of compares and contrasts definitions, examples, and multiple choice quiz.
fossils using the law of the major types of illustrations. Include an answer sheet.
superposition. absolute dating.
Tier 3 (Lab/Quiz): Choose 1 Tier 3: (Lab/Quiz): Choose 1
• Choose either relative dating or absolute dating. Write a • Create a timeline of major geologic eras. Include changes in
persuasive essay arguing why your choice is the best choice is fossil evidence.
for the dating of rocks and fossils. • Create a chart/table to describe the characteristics of the
• Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting relative and major geologic divisions.
absolute age.
Relative Age Absolute Age Fossilization Geologic Time
Tier 1 (HW): Choose 1 Tier 1 (HW): Choose 1 Tier 1 (HW): Choose 1 Tier 1 (HW): Choose 1
• Vocabulary Cards • Vocabulary Cards • Vocabulary Cards • Vocabulary Cards
• IWB Sect. 2 (p. 96) • SG p. 65 - 66 • IWB Sect. 4 (p. 106) • IWB Sect. 5 (p. 112)
Tier 2 (CW): Tier 2 (CW): Tier 2 (CW): Tier 2 (CW):
• Draw a diagram that • Write a paragraph that • Fossil Foldable – include • Create a 10 question
shows the relative age of compares and contrasts definitions, examples, and multiple choice quiz.
fossils using the law of the major types of illustrations. Include an answer sheet.
superposition. absolute dating.
Tier 3 (Lab/Quiz): Choose 1 Tier 3: (Lab/Quiz): Choose 1
• Choose either relative dating or absolute dating. Write a • Create a timeline of major geologic eras. Include changes in
persuasive essay arguing why your choice is the best choice is fossil evidence.
for the dating of rocks and fossils. • Create a chart/table to describe the characteristics of the
• Create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting relative and major geologic divisions.
absolute age.