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Identifying Fossils
Students create model fossils. In this fossils lesson, students view pictures of fossils and compare and contrast these fossils. Students read about fossils and create a database chart with the facts they learn. ...
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What Do We Learn From Fossils?
Students investigate what a fossil is and how it came to be. In this fossil activity, students examine pictures of skeletons and identify characteristics that can and cannot be determined by a fossil. Students complete...
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Make a Cast of a Tyrannosaurus rex Fossil
Second graders examine the formation of fossils and list the different types. They make cast model of a dinosaur fossil. They write about conditions that are necessary for fossils to form and create a model of a buried fossil.