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\nCoffee Ground Dinosaur Fossil Prints\n

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\nStudents create fossils to understand how scientists learn about dinosaurs.  In this dinosaur lesson, students mix ingredients to make dough and put in objects that can make impressions. Students let fossil dry overnight....\n
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\nWhat Do We Learn From Fossils?\n

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\nStudents investigate what a fossil is and how it came to be.  In this fossil lesson, students examine pictures of skeletons and identify characteristics that can and cannot be determined by a fossil.  Students complete diagrams...\n
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\nThe Rock and Fossil Record-Science Puzzlers, Twisters & Teasers\n

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\nIn this earth science worksheet, students complete 12 questions about rocks and fossils in the form of anagrams, riddles, sequences, and brain teasers.\n
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\nLayer of Time\n

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\nDig through the layers for a better understanding of fossils. Scholars learn that fossils form in layers of sedimentary rock. Pupils arrange virtual layers to show the fossil record of different species. Once the layers are correct, they...\n
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\nEvidence of Evolution\n

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\nWhat an impression fossils make! In this activity, aspiring paleontologists view fossils and construct a timeline to further understand how the lack of natural adaptation caused historical organisms to become extinct. While they...\n
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\nFighting Dinos\n

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\nA famous fossil of fighting dinosaurs holds as many questions as answers. Scholars first analyze the fossil itself by virtually highlighting the specific bones of the dinosaurs and read about their function and importance. They then test...\n
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\nDiversity of Living Things\n

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\nHere's a topic classes can really dig—the fossil record. Use the well-organized and thoughtful road map to take eighth graders back in time to unearth the answer. Learn how our climate has changed, and how organisms have...\n
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\nThe Great Snake Debate\n

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\nSnakes are just lizards without legs, right? Scholars study the sensational evolutionary history of the snake with a video from a well-written biology playlist. Topics include snake fossils, theories on snake evolution, and...\n
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\nLiving Large\n

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\nGet to know all about sauropods from a paleontologist, Jonah. Following an introductory video, scholars choose from five fossils to learn more about. Each fossil begins with a video, provides information from several different...\n
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\nWhat are the Different Kinds of Fossils?\n

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\nLearners examine different types of fossils. In this fossil lesson, students investigate the attributes of mold fossils, trace fossils, cast fossils, and true form fossils. Learners create their own fossil samples.\n
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\nFossil Fuels--Discoveries and Uses\n

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\nStudent examine the close relationship between fossil energy and our daily lives. To demonstrate to the student the close relationship between fossil energy and our daily lives.\n
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\nMaking Fossils\n

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\nThird graders examine the differences between cast and mold fossils. They discuss geological time and how many fossils are millions of years old, then create a cast fossil using clay and a shell, and a mold fossil using a shell and...\n
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\nDetermining the Age of Fossils\n

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\nHigh schoolers examine the concept of radioactive dating. In this radioactive dating lesson plan, students investigate how to determine the ages of fossils and rocks as they learn about half-life radioactive decay. \n
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\nFabulous Fossils\n

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\nSeventh graders investigate how fossils are formed and discuss how scientists determine the appearance of ancient plants and animals. They make fossils of everyday objects for others to identify. They make spreadsheets to display fossil...\n
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\nFossil Adventure\n

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\nStudents work as a class to write a general definition of fossil based on their discussion and examine pictures of the different types of fossils. Once discussion is complete, they write and illustrate a book about a T Rex that has died...\n
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\nCandle-Wax Fossils: Casts, Molds, and Impressions\n

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\nStudents examine and define fossils. They create their own impressions and molds in clay and candle wax, making external and internal molds.\n
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\nFossil Fuels-Importance and Formation\n

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\nStudent is introduced to the concept of energy as a common factor among all things. They list three fossil fuels and describe how fossil fuels were formed. They then tell how much plant debris it took to form one foot of coal.\n
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\nBe a \"Fossil Detective\" an Effective Tool in Earth Science Education\n

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\nStudents examine the geological time scale: the Earth is ancient; time can be divided into periods based on its fossil content.\n
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\nFossil Hunt\n

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\nStudents ask questions about the nature of science as they experience a 'Fossil Hunt'. They reconstruct a book that has been literally destroyed, just as the fossil record has been changed by billions of years of geological processes.\n
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\nFossil Imprints\n

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\nThird graders discover fossil imprints. In this fossil lesson, 3rd graders get a piece of clay and create their own fossil imprints using animals provided by the teacher. They share their fossils with their partner and complete a data...\n
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\nWhite Glue Fossils: Casts, Molds, and Impressions\n

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\nLearners make impressions and molds in clay and them make casts with glue. After the glue dries students remove their fossils.\n
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\nFossils\n

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\nFifth graders create a fossil using an impression made with a shell pressed into clay and filled with plaster of Paris and a mold made out of dough and impressed with a shell. They also will receive a paragraph which contains four...\n
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\nStudying Fossils\n

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\nStudents study fossils. They examine samples of specific fossils--including a shark tooth, a brachiopod, and horn coral, among others. They visit corresponding websites and complete a worksheet regarding each of the fossils.\n
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\nFossils\n

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\nIn this fossil worksheet, students answer eight questions about the types of fossils, the characteristics of each type of fossil and the information fossils give.\n
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