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Worksheet
Curated OER

Geologic Time Scale

For Students 6th - 8th
In this geologic time scale learning exercise, students use a word bank to complete the geologic time scale provided. Students fill in the chart as it relates to the geologic time scale.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Leveled Problem Solving Order of Operations

For Students 5th - 7th
In this order of operations practice worksheet, learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Lesson Plan
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Earth Epochs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore earth epochs, i.e, Permian, Precambrian, Cambrian, Ordivician and through pictures they see what life on Earth and animals looked like. They organize Earth Epochs according to years going from greatest to least...
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Lesson Plan
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Making Good Impressions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in an experiment where they experiment with impression fossils. They identify and describe the measurable attributes of the impression fossils. There are many parts and materials for this experiment.
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Lesson Plan
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Earth Time Scale

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students research the past eras in history including the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and the Cenozoic.  In this time scale lesson students take part in a lab that allows the students a better understanding of the timeline of these...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

WHY WE AREN'T FILTER FEEDERS

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students describe three methods of obtaining food: scavenging, filter feeding, and hunting. They describe three methods of obtaining food: scavenging, filter feeding, hunting, and list at least two reasons why humans are not considered...
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Lesson Plan
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Dino Detectives

For Teachers 4th
As students examine maps of Utah, 4th graders search for clues about what prehistoric life was like in Utah.
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Lesson Plan
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Introduction to Paleontology Lab

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils engage in a lab which introduces them to fossils and paleontology. They examine eleven numbered boxes containing fossils which are related to the questions on this lab then answer questions on a lab sheet imbedded in this plan.
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Lesson Plan
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From Lake to Lake

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the formation of the Great Salt Lake. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used to construct a timeline of the history. Each phase of history should include facts and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Crystals & Fossils

For Students 5th - 10th
In this earth science worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to crystals and fossils. There are 32 words located in the puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
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Tucson Children's Museum Dino Crossword

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this crossword puzzle, middle schoolers complete a crossword puzzle related to dinosaurs, the era in which dinosaurs lived, and about other animals that lived during that time period.
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Lesson Plan
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Making Materials for Parts of a Fossil

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create fossil books to study the process for crinoid fossilization. For this fossils lesson, students color and identify the fossilization process of a crinoid. Students then create a booklet out of the information.
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Website
Other

The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii: A Guide to the Order of Trilobites

For Students 9th - 10th
The trilobite of the months greets you on this award winning site that provides an immense data base of facts on this fascinating but extinct arthropod. Start with the Introduction in the left hand menu bar for easy to understand...
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Handout
Indiana University

Indiana Univ. Bloomington: Geo Notes: Trilobites: Denizens of Ancient Seas [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents some facts about trilobites, extinct arthropods from the Cambrian to Permian Periods.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: The Cambrian Period

For Students 9th - 10th
Journey into the past while reading this comprehensive overview of the Cambrian Period that covers topics such as the Cambrian Explosion, Burgess Shale fauna, trilobites, fossil evidence, and climate and plate tectonics.
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Graphic
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Trilobite

For Students Pre-K - 1st
trilobite
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Graphic
Curated OER

American Museum of Natural History: Images: Trilobites

For Students 9th - 10th
Photo of trilobite fossil.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Introduction to Trilobita

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most famous fossil organisms, trilobites were once a complex group. Learn to tell them apart in this illustrated article that tells how they lived, their body structure, there place in evolution, and the like.
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Activity
University of California

University of California Museum of Paleontology: The Arthropod Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Go back in time to discover the evolutionary story of the arthropod and what this phylum of the animal kingdom looks like today.
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Interactive
Children's Museum

Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Geo Mysteries: Broken Necklace Mystery

For Students 3rd - 8th
A fun fossil activity for younger students.
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Website
Natural History Museum

The Natural History Museum, London, England

For Students 9th - 10th
Great site providing a "Quickindex" to find various resources. Also included are links to more information on this museum.
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Handout
Other

Fossil Museum: Fossil Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty different international fossil sites are listed with links to pictures of fossils found at each site.
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Article
University of California

Ucmp: Dinosaurs, Movies, & Reality

For Students 9th - 10th
A very good review of how "movie science" can present an inaccurate or incomplete picture of actual scientific knowledge and methods.
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Species, Speciation and the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Institute of Biological Sciences offers this article by Niles Eldredge, evolutionary theorist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History. Eldredge begins with Darwin's theories and summarizes subsequent thought,...

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