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US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Mud Fossils

For Teachers K - 1st
Two part lesson allows for students to observe real fossils then make and recover their own fossils using mud.
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Climate Literacy

Clean: Dead Diatoms Do Tell Tales

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students take on the role of climate detectives in this climate investigation. Teams make a model of sediment cores using glass beads and sand, study the core samples, and tell something about the hypothetical paleoclimate that existed...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Building a Dinosaur From a Chicken

For Students 9th - 10th
Renowned paleontologist Jack Horner has spent his career trying to reconstruct a dinosaur. He's found fossils with extraordinarily well-preserved blood vessels and soft tissues, but never intact DNA. So, in a new approach, he's taking...

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