Deep Time: A History of the Earth — Interactive Infographic
Click for this Resource!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!