Geologic Time

Geologic Time Project by Mackenzie Macdonald

Have you ever wondered what life was like in the past? Like how would it have felt to be your parents growing up when they did? But have you ever wondered as far back to roughly 4.6 billion years ago? Why 4.6 billion years ago you may ask? Well, that was when the world started. This was during the Precambrian. The precambrian lasted from 4.6 billion years ago till 544 million years ago. During the longest era, Earth was formed and single celled organisms evolved. Life on Earth started. Next is the Paleozoic era. This era lasted from 544 million years ago, till 245 million years ago. This period is split into seven periods, the most for each of the eras. During this era, the continents formed, reptiles and amphibians evolved and life on Earth became bigger and more complex. The first cone bearing plants evolved and life started to speed up. Next came the Mesozoic era. The age of the reptiles. This era is split into three period and lasted from 245 million years ago until 66 million years ago. This may be the most famous and well known era from before humans evolved. Many dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Flowering plants evolved as well as birds and even mammals. Pangea was formed and broke up, at the end of this era there was a mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs and many other organisms. The last era is the Cenozoic era. The Cenozoic era lasted from 66 million years ago until present day. There were ice ages, mammoths and saber toothed tigers. Plus Homo Sapiens evolved, which started the ruling of humans and ended the animals time alone, unbothered on Earth. Earth's history has lots of chapters, each of them at least as interesting as the last. I can't wait to see how this chapter unfolds itself.


Backward-Looking

In the past I have made posters and boards. I think I have improved upon making this work by making it neater and better planed out. I spent more time on this poster making sure my drawing and writing was neat and that everything was in the right place. I layed stuff out and moved it around till it fit and looked nice. I also took time on my writing and was more creative than usual.

Inward-Looking

What was especially satisfying to me about the end result of the project was that it looked really nice, neat and creative. You could tell that it took people a long time to make it. The poster looked about how I imagined it and I was proud about the work that I did. I put a lot of effect into it and it payed off.

Outward-Looking

If someone who didn't know me looked at the piece of work that I made, they would most likely learn that I am hard-working and that I put a lot of effort into what I do.They would probably see that it just have taken a lot of time to do and that it was hard. This would show that I worked hard and put a lot of effort into the work I produced. Also they would see that it looked neat and that it looked pretty good, which usually means that someone put y=time and effort into something.

Forward-Looking

When I look at my piece, one thing that I want to improve upon is making it look more cohesive. Well the parts of the project all look nice and neat and like they could go together. I wish that it would look more thorough and have a lot more in common. I feel that as a whole it was good, but that is one thing that could be better.