Earth's History Task Cards | Printable & Digital

About this Product

• This product includes PRINTABLE AND DIGITAL task cards.

• Task cards are tiered to Bloom's Taxonomy and probe low, mid and higher order thinking.

• Quick Prep – two cuts produce printable task cards with a neat and even white border.

• Digital task cards are made with Google Forms - Google Classrooms are not required.

• Answer Key included

Important Notes:

• Download FREE Task Cards to learn more about my task card sets

• Save $$$ with the Earth Science Complete Curriculum

• Save $$$$ with the Integrated Science Complete Curriculum

*A geologic time scale is included and can be given to students to help them answer questions about the geologic time periods*

Topics Covered:

Geologic Time Scale

Early Earth (Precambrian)

History of Life on Earth

Mass Extinctions

Fossils

Types of Fossils

Index Fossils

Relative Dating

Absolute Dating (Carbon Dating)

Studying Past Climate (Tree Rings and Ice Cores)

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Can my students use Digital Task Cards?

• You do NOT need Google Classroom or a specific app to use digital task cards.

• Google Form task cards can be shared as a link with your student any way you choose.

• Internet access is required.

• Google Form task cards can be completed on any electronic device including computers, tablets and smartphones.

How can I share Digital Task Cards with my students?

You can share digital task card sets with your students using secure methods including:

• Email directly to students

• Google Classrooms and Microsoft Teams

• Secure platforms such as Blackboard, Canvas and Schoology

• Password-protected file-sharing platforms such as DropBox, Google Drive or One Drive

Is this resource editable?

• Digital task card questions and answers are editable. Task card images are NOT editable.

• You can create smaller sets of task cards from this complete unit set of task cards.

• You can edit short answer responses to become multiple choice questions if desired.

• The task cards are designed to quiz students. You can adjust the settings to your preferences.

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Differentiation and Tiering

A colored shape code is denoted to help you differentiate concepts:

• Questions with a green circle cover basic ideas and understandings.

• Questions with a blue square cover intermediate ideas and understandings.

• Questions with a black diamond cover advanced ideas and understandings.

Each task card is marked with a "signal strength" to probe lower, mid or higher order thinking:

• Questions with a “low” signal strength assess the ability to remember, recall and understand

• Questions with a “medium” signal strength assess the ability to apply, analyze or explain

• Questions with a “high” signal strength assess the ability to evaluate, judge or interpret

Important Note: Some task card sets do NOT include all levels of differentiation. All task card sets include low, medium and high signal strength questions for each differentiation level included. Refer to the preview for the levels included with this task card set.

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These task cards are great for:

✓ Science Centers

✓ Formative or Summative Assessment

✓ Scoot Classroom Game

✓ Independent Study

✓ Review

NGSS Alignment

This resource supports NGSS 4-ESS1-1 and MS-ESS1-4.

TERMS OF USE

• All rights reserved by Stephanie Elkowitz.

• This product is to be used by the original purchaser only.

• Intended for classroom and personal use only.

• Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited.

• This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view.

• Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).