5 E(z) Steps Back Into “Deep” Time: Visualizing the Geobiological Timescale

by: Thomas O'Brien

In this chapter, you will explore a sequence of fun, participatory activities juxtapose everyday popular culture and human time perspectives with the geobiological timescale of Earth’s history of millions and billions of years. The overall timescale of Earth’s history as a planet, the sequence of events in its ongoing evolution-driven story of life, and the miniscule percentage of Earth’s history represented by written human history are all quite discrepant to most learners.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 4/15/2011Stock # PB271X3_12

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