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39 Paleontology seas Lesson Plans
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- 4th - 6th
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Students see how the pieces of the fossil puzzle fit together to allow the paleontologist to imagine the earth as it was millions of years ago. They draw a map showing what environments were present in a certain area more than 70 million years ago. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students complete puzzles of dinosaurs. They compare each piece of the puzzle to a fossil and simulate a scientist's role in learning about dinosaurs. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students act as paleontologists to discover who a mystery guest to the classroom was. They do not know the identity of the guest but infer the identity from items left behind in the classroom. They make inferences from dinosaur fossils. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students examine life under the sea to discover coral gardens and microhabitats. They demonstrate learning by creating an edible devonian marine ecosystem with a sheet cake, icing, and different candies. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine how fossils are formed. They view videos, make models of fossils and determine what information can be gleaned from studying fossils including information about the fossil and the environment in which it was created. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students trace the steps of a palentologist from determining where to look for dinosaur fossils to studying the completed dinosaur skeleton for clues about the dinosaur's behavior, diet, and anatomy. In teams, students take on the roles of paleontologists in the discovery of an imaginary dinosaur find, from determining the location of fossils, all the way to studying the reconstructed skeleton to learn about the organism. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students observe and describe the similarities and differences between fossil specimens and specimens of living organisms. They complete a Venn Diagram for the compare and contrast and then make simulated fossils using salt dough and sea shells. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students explore the theory of Plate Tectonics. They participate in a simulation in which they re-enact the debate over Plate Tectonics vs. traditional beliefs of stationary continents that were widely accepted during the 1800's and early 1900's. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students perform an experiment to simulate the ways sediments form layers in the bottom of a sea such as the Inland Pierre Seaway that once covered the Badlands. They discuss reasons for the layering and relate this to fossils and aging layers of rocks and fossils included in the rock layers. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students identify and describe the mechanisms of natural selection. They study Cambrian Period animals and discuss adaptations for their specific environment.Students compare and contrast a modern sea animal with the Cambrian era animal to draw conclusions about how environmental pressures affect biological evolution. Full Review »
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