Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history.
Standard detail
MS-ESS1-4
Performance Expectation
Depth 2Parent ID: E96B57A0DFE60131C90B68A86D17958EStandard set: Grades 6, 7, 8
Original statement
Quick facts
- Statement code
- MS-ESS1-4
- Standard ID
- E96CF730DFE60131C90F68A86D17958E
- ASN identifier
- S2454520
- Subject
- Science
- Grades
- 06, 07, 08
- Ancestor IDs
- E96B57A0DFE60131C90B68A86D17958EE96AF740DFE60131C90A68A86D17958E
- Source document
- Next Generation Science Standards (2013)
- License
- CC BY 3.0 US
- Dataset notes
Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on how analyses of rock formations and the fossils they contain are used to establish relative ages of major events in Earth's history. Examples of Earth's major events could range from being very recent (such as the last Ice Age or the earliest fossils of homo sapiens) to very old (such as the formation of Earth or the earliest evidence of life). Examples can include the formation of mountain chains and ocean basins, the evolution or extinction of particular living organisms, or significant volcanic eruptions.
Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include recalling the names of specific periods or epochs and events within them.