To ensure success in the rest of the course , you are required to memorize the Geologic Time Scale , exactly as it will be given to you, including exact spelling of names. Read it out loud, to be sure you can pronounce each name. If you break the name into syllables and pronounce every letter, it is easier to remember the spelling. Set it to music and sing it, if you wish. Always read it and write it from bottom to top of the page, from oldest to youngest, from beginning to end.
Time flows in one direction only.
Because of the Law of Superposition in stratified rocks, geologists think from bottom to top, and you just have to get used to it. Now write it out from memory on a blank piece of paper. Then correct the paper. Then re-write it and correct it again. Repeat this 10 times.