Fourth graders do 5 different lab stations to explore rocks, minerals, and fossils.

In this fossils activity, learners create their own casts, molds, imprints, and embedded fossils. Then students complete a fossil comparison chart. This activity has 12 fill in the blank questions.

In this fossils activity, students review the different types of fossils including index and trace fossils. This activity has 6 matching and 9 true or false questions.

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.

Young scholars discuss the work of a paleontologist and examine several fossils and books on paleontology. They use clay and Plaster of Paris to create a cast of an object and compare this activity to the formation of fossils in nature.

Sixth graders investigate how fossils are formed. They analyze a photo of the Grand Canyon, and create a fossil cast and mold using plaster of paris and shells.

Seventh graders study the law of superposition by creating models of fossils in layers of rock. They examine how fossils are usually found in sedimentary rock which leads to the study of geologic history in those rocks.

Fourth graders make inferences and interpretations from sets of dinosaur tracks. They describe Utah fossils and how they were formed. Partners trade their sketches of tracks and try to guess which dinosaur it belonged to.

Students will define the term fossil, identify the difference between a mold and a cast fossil, and understand how scientists use models to learn about the physical structure of something in the natural world.

In this activity, young scholars will make a fake fossil cast using plaster of Paris. A second activity on comprehending the size of dinosaurs is included in this file.

This activity demonstrates the process of fossilization by making mold and cast fossils.

This activity will show learners two different ways fossils can be made. They will form and discuss the differences between a "mold" and a "cast" model fossil(s).

In this lab, students will observe and compare fossils with living organisms by making a "fossil" and comparing it to a real fossil and the "organism" it was made from.

Describes four different kinds of fossils and how they form.