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Fossils Worksheets
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In this fossil instructional activity, students are given a bag of fossils to identify. They use a key and a instructional activity with pictures of the various types of fossils. They answer questions about fossils and use a web site to find out if their state has a fossil.
In this natural science activity, students procede through 2 activities and 13 steps to creating their own original fossil. Students fossils are critiqued by a rubric.
For this fossil worksheet, learners match six terms with their definitions about types of fossils and they circle the proper term to make nine statements true about preservation of fossils.
In this fossils worksheet, students are given a bag of fossils mixed with non- fossils. They are to determine which category each item belongs to and give a reason. They answer questions about how they determine fossils from non-fossils.
In this fossils learning exercise, students will read 15 statements and determine if it is describing a fossil or not. If it does describe a fossil, students must identify what type of fossil it is. Then students will complete 3 short answer questions.
In this fossil instructional activity, students are given fossils and an identification key. They write their scientific names and common names. They also answer questions about fossils.
In this prehistoric era worksheet, students view a video on "Fossils". Students, while watching the video, fill in the blanks in 17 facts relating to the video.
In this fossil worksheet, students will conduct an experiment to create a "fossil" of a leaf or other organic material. Once complete, students will answer 6 short answer questions.
In this fossil learning exercise, students are given a page of bones to cut out and assemble. They create an animal with the bones and add external features to their animal. They answer questions and present their creature to the class.
In this continental drift and fossils worksheet, students complete a puzzle of the continents and they answer questions about fossils, the layers of the earth's crust, Wegener's continental drift theory and the major plates.
