Aim: Rock Correlation: To better understand what happened in an area, geologists match similar rock strata in different locations to see if they formed at the same time or under similar conditions. This is called Correlation (matching)

Correlate the Rock layers.

Correlate the Rock layers. Which formed most Recently?Which is the Oldest?

New Hyde Park Great Neck

Which layers are the same?Which one is oldest? Youngest?Where is the unconformity? What happened here?What type of rock is layer A?

Which letter best represents an index fossil?

What makes a good index fossil?

Nautiloid

Mastodon

Which animal is an Index Fossil?

Name some good Index Fossils.

What will eventually happen to the dust and ash from this Volcano?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdcrYvhJr8 walking with dinos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxQMXD8z7kA

http://media.hhmi.org/mesozoic/index.html

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/shortfilms/index.html