Resource Type
Activity
Region
Arctic
Completion Time
Less than 1 period
Grade
All Aged
Permission
Download and Share
Author(s)
IPY International Programme Office
Materials
a rope
cardboard signs and markers
Topic
General Earth Science
History of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Earth Science
Earth Formation and Evolution
Earth System, Structure, and Processes
Polar Science
General Polar Science
Geography

The attached Changing Earth flyer, produced by the International Polar Year (IPY) Programme Office, includes a summary of the history of planet Earth and an activity involving the use of a rope as a timeline to represents the Earth’s history from the present to 65 million years ago.

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