The Earth is old, very very old. It is difficult for us humans to fully comprehend just how old our planet actually is.
This infographic offers a visual way to explore the various stages of the Earth’s history using a 12 hour clock analogy.
The Earth is roughly 4.5 billion years old. In this analogy, one second represents 104,167 years and one hour 375 millions years.
- Used by people who call the work: Montessori Cosmic Education
- Learning Stages: Elementary 3 - 5, Elementary K - 2, Middle 6 - 8, Secondary 9 - 12
- Type: Website
- Keywords: Deep Time, History of Earth, Earth Science
- Why I love this Resource: Very clearly shows time relationships.
- Link to Resource: Click here
- Posted By: Ann Rose Gavey
- Date Added: May 29, 2015
This is fantastic! Thank-you for sharing.
Really cool!
This is very good. I am actually looking for this in a more static and traditional form such and a paper roll time line on which I could make these major events and lay out various examples of as many eons and events as I can. So, for example, I have collected meteorites for the beginning of the solar system, fossil stromatolites, etc. that I would like those looking at the line to hold and time about deep time represented within each. I have been to school supply stores and online searching but nothing has turned up. I might have… Read more »
Awesome! Thanks so much for that terrific resource! Knowing those facts is one thing. Seeing them this way — e.g., barely finding the line for humans — makes another kind of impression. Congratulations!