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- 9th - 12th
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Students calculate where geological time periods would exist on a time line and have them mark these on a line they create using sidewalk chalk. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students apply ratios to make scale models. They calculate where geological time periods would exist on the time line and have them mark these on a timeline. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students take a pre-test to show their prior knowledge of dinosaurs. Using the internet, they reasearch the time period in which they roamed the Earth. Focusing on the area of Connecticut, they compare and contrast the large and small dinosaurs in which bones were found. To end the lesson, they make dinosaur footprints out of clay or plaster. Full Review »
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- 8th - 9th
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Students examine the geology of Connecticut, including plate tectonics, glaciation, and fossil formation. After reviewing past lessons, they write essays about what life may have been like in the Mesozoic Period. Following a field trip to a museum, students take quizzes and discuss the impact of the mineral industry on their state. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students stud the concept of Pangaea by using Wegener's clues to construct a map of the continents joined together. They determine how fossil distribution can be used to enhance the study of continental drift. They locate the following and mark them on a world outline map; Urals, Alps, Iceland, San Andreas fault, Andes mountains, volcanoes in Italy. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the classification system of organisms: taxonomy. They examine prepared slides of Protozoans and record information on a Taxonomy Recording Sheet. Two additional classifying activities are also included in this lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students draw names of dinosaurs out of a hat and write a report about the one they picked. Students write a riddle about their favorite prehistoric animal, post it on a bulletin board, and have other guess which animal it is about. Students define the unknown words in the story. Students create time lines of when different types of dinosaurs lived. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students research dinosaurs from the Triassic period. They research how they looked, what they ate and where they lived. In addition, they establish their predator/prey relationships. Afterwards, they present their information to the class. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students create a "TV" film about the geologic time line of the Earth including illustrations representing the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era as well as the four types of fossils. They draw conclusions about "What happened before," using fossils or charts and tables. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students review and study Precambrian-Quaternary periods, part of the Cenozoic Era, and complete a time line. They research what the Earth was like during the the Precambrian and Quaternary periods as well as the Earth cycles and how they are changed by forces such as earthquakes, glaciers and wind. Full Review »

