INFORMATION

FOR STUDENTS
4/25/2017
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Reminder: You will not be following step #1 except to label the

billions of years every 50 centimeters. Use or of an index card to
do this.
Reminder: You will need to color code the string for the eons and the
writing on the cards for the eras. Follow the color instructions on the
handout.
Reminder: Fill out the entire table in Step #4 before making any of
the event cards.
Reminder: Ma or mya stands for millions of years ago
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Tip: There will be an acceptable time range for each of the
events. Do your best to estimate based on the timelines found
in your textbook.
Tip: When you make your event cards, put the location in cm
on the back of the card. This will help you with placement
later.
Seriously Important Tip: Your timeline should have 4,600
ma on the left and present day on the right. When you looked
up dates, they were measured in millions of years ago.
Therefore, when you are placing your cards, the distance in cm
needs to be measured starting from present day, which means
from the right hand end of your timeline.
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To calculate where each event goes according to the scale, take
the time from the first column (in millions of years ago) and divide
it by 20,000,000 (20 million years). This will tell you how many
centimeters away from present day to place the card.
It is important that you type the whole number into the calculator,
for example 310 Ma needs to be entered as 310,000,000.
For this example: 310,000,000 / 20,000,000 = 15.5 cm

Note: You do this because each centimeter is representing 20

million years. If an event happened less than 20 million years ago,
you should expect to get a placement on your timeline that is less
than 1 cm.