Who’s on First? A Relative Dating Activity is a hands on exercise which introduces students to the concepts of sequencing and using fossils to establish relative dates for rock strata. In the first part of the activity, students are asked to sequence cards by identifying and ordering overlapping letters found on the cards. In the second part of the activity, students progress to dating rock layers by sequencing fossils found in the different strata. Using the results of these activities, teachers can then lead students in a discussion of the Law of Superposition and the identification and value of index fossils. It should be noted that teachers may have to edit the introductory materials provided to students, since the readings may be too difficult for younger middle school students. Both parts of the activity can be completed in one class period.