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American Geosciences Institute: What Can Fossil Footprints Tell Us? Lesson PlanAmerican Geosciences Institute: What Can Fossil Footprints Tell Us? Lesson Plan
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American Geosciences Institute: What Can Fossil Footprints Tell Us?

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In this investigation, students examine an image of multiple fossil footprint tracks. They try to construct an explanation for the events that created the pattern of tracks. Even though students come up with different explanations for the tracks, they see that tracks provide valuable information for dinosaur behavior.

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dinosaur footprints, dinosaur fossils, trace fossils, american geosciences institute, ohio ict.3.3, fossil record, organize observations and data collected during student explorations to determine if patterns are present, patterns in fossil evidence

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