An inquiry approach is a method often used in science education. The question bank provides an initial list of questions about measuring the age of rocks and fossils and places where their answers can be found.
The article Dating the past – introduction has links to further resources and student activities.
Q. When did dinosaurs live in New Zealand?
Q. What fossils did the famous paleontologist Joan Wiffen find?
How old is that dinosaur?
Q. How old is the Earth?
Q. How do geologists divide up time?
Q. What’s the difference between relative and absolute dating?
- Relative dating
- Absolute dating
- Which dating method?
- Using absolute dating methods
- Relative rock layers
- Rock layers and relative dating