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Picturing Evolution through Geologic Time

Published:2016-02-01 Issue:2 Volume:78 Page:137-140
ISSN:0002-7685
Container-title:The American Biology Teacher
language:en
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Author:

Barrow Lloyd H.¹

Affiliation:

1. LLOYD H. BARROW is Professor Emeritus of Science Education at the University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211. E-mail: barrowl@missouri.edu.

Abstract

The purpose of this activity is to provide precollege biology students a visual representation of evolution. Unfortunately, many resources begin with the start of life, which ignores the fact that the Earth is 4.6 billion years old. This model uses adding-machine tape to sequence events. Representation of major evolutionary and geologic events helps students visualize macroevolution.

Publisher

University of California Press

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),Education

Link

http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/78/2/137/59841/abt_2016_78_2_137.pdf

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