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56 Paleontological patterns Lesson Plans
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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students examine fossils and analyzing their significance in relation to theories of evolution. Hand-outs are provided. This lesson could be supplementary to a broader unit on evolution or geology. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students experience, through a "dig," the historical discovery of fossils which increasingly link whales to earlier land-dwelling mammals. They encounter the intermediate forms which show changes that lead to the modern whale. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students count the number of varves (annual layers of sediment) in shale billets, taken from the Green River Formation in Wyoming. The count is then extended to reflect the entire 260 meters of sediments where the billets originated. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students go on an imaginary fossil hunt. They follow a script read by the teacher, students "find" (remove from envelope) paper "fossils" of some unknown creature. They attempt to reconstruct fossil pieces into an animal. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students consider two sets of simulated fossils (caminalcules) that are provided as cutouts. They arrange them on two time scales. One set produces a visual example of gradualism, the other shows punctuated equilibria. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 9th
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Students, in groups, examine the fossils, work on various rearrangements, and attempt to show any patterns, trends, and rates of change over time. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore the work of paleontologists and the life of dinosaurs and create a sculpture of the bones of a Stegosaurus. The sculpture was then buried and used by other classes for a dig. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students complete a unit on dinosaurs. They explore various websites, create a dinosaur skeleton using pasta, construct a dinosaur diorama, write an essay, create a book about dinosaurs, and list and summarize theories about dinosaur extinction. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students locate an existing fossil bed. Using GPS coordinates, they find the map location and type of fossils they are. Students study the geology of the region and the known fossil beds to predict the location of other fossil beds. They know and are able to select appropriate resources to manipulate and interpret information. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students explore about the function of the skeleton and comprehend the names of the bones of the human skeleton. They compare bones of the human skeleton to a dinosaur skeleton and graph to compare these bones. Students sort bones to experience what a paleontologist does on expedition and use the vocabulary to name bones. Full Review »
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