Earth's History Word Wall | Science Vocabulary

Build science vocabulary and encourage science literacy in your classroom with a science word wall! Download this set of science word wall cards to help create an eye-catching display in your classroom.

Important Notes:

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About my Word Wall Cards

• Each card includes a simple illustration, one vocabulary word and a short definition

• There are four different versions of word wall cards included with this download:

- Half Page Full Color

- Half Page Line Art (B&W)

- Quarter Page Full Color

- Quarter Page Line Art (B&W)

• This resource is not editable.

• This resource is print only.

EZ Printing and Assembling

Cards are designed to be printed on letter-sized paper with an even white border. Cuts along the light grey dotted line(s) will produce cards with an even white border. No additional cutting is needed to achieve a uniform border.

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Terms Included:

Fossil

Geologic Time Scale

Eon

Era

Period

Precambrian

Late Heavy Bombardment

Great Oxygenation Event

Snowball Earth

Extinction

Mass Extinction

Mold Fossil

Cast Fossil

Trace Fossil (Imprint)

True Fossil

Petrified Fossil

Index Fossil

Relative Dating

Steno's Laws

Law of Lateral Continuity

Law of Superposition

Principle of Original Horizontality

Cross Cutting Relationships

Igneous Intrusion

Absolute Dating

Radiocarbon Dating

Radioactive Decay

Half-Life

Tree Ring

Tree Core

Ice Core

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How are word wall cards used?

They are most often used in a classroom on a bulletin board to create a visual display. A visual word wall helps students recall and remember essential science vocabulary because it provides a reference for students to review and reinforce terms on a daily basis.

Suggested Use

• Use half-page cards to create bulletin board displays

• Allow students to color and decorate B&W cards to personalize the classroom word wall.

• Use quarter-page cards to create mini displays at science centers

• Use quarter-page cards to create student dictionaries.

• I like using 10-inch coupon holders if creating student dictionaries with quarter-page cards.

NGSS Alignment

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

NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS

The terms selected for this unit are chosen to support Next Generation Science Standards and Disciplinary Core Ideas for grades 3-5 and 6-8. I differentiate each term in this resource pack as being a basic, intermediate or advanced vocabulary word. I use the Next Generation Science Standards and Disciplinary Core Ideas to help categorize the terms. This differentiation code spans across all my product lines.

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).