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Stratigraphy Relative Dating Lab

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Teaching relative dating and stratigraphy? Have students simulate rock core methods with play doh! In this lab you will prepare play doh strata within cupcake liners. Students will use a straw to extract 5 cores and draw inferences about what the rock layers look like. They will create a diagram and answer questions about relative dating, index fossils, and stratigraphy.

Materials Needed:

5 colors of play doh, cupcake liners, straw, chopsticks or glass stir rods,

Included in your purchase:

  1. Teacher prep directions
  2. Student lab worksheet
  3. Answer key
  4. Powerpoint to accompany the lab

This student lab worksheet is not editable.

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Stratigraphy Relative Dating Lab