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You Ol’ Fossil ActivityYou Ol’ Fossil Activity
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K-State Research and Extensions
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6th - 12th
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Science
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You Ol’ Fossil

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Geologists are gneiss, tuff, and a little bit wacke. The fifth chapter of seven includes ten activities at four different levels. The hands-on activities cover fossils including how they are formed, vertebrates, invertebrates, paleobotany, mollusks, vascular plants, and non-vascular plants. The material also includes classification, ancient landscapes, and a historical study of climate.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

fossil formation, paleontology, botany, invertebrates, vertebrates, mollusks, scientific classification, vascular plants, landscapes, climates

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • A field trip to a natural history museum would be helpful
  • Invite a paleobotanist to speak to your class if possible

Classroom Considerations

  • Some activities reference activities from previous chapters in the series
  • Be aware of any allergies to foods, dyes, or latex

Pros

  • All lessons include objectives for the activity and the student
  • Contains teacher notes throughout
  • Dialogue for critical thinking is formatted into share, process, generalize, apply, and going further
  • Includes answer keys
  • Clearly labels all diagrams throughout the lesson

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.6-8.3 RST.9-10.3 RST.11-12.3

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