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Objective
Objective
Students will learn and be able to identify Fossils, how they are formed and where they can be found
Topics Covered
Topics Covered
*What are Fossils?
Where can you find Fossils?
Can you tell how old and what type of animal and when an animal died? How?
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Fossil
Evolution
Relative Age
Superposition
Absolute Age
Footprint
Paleontologist
Dinosaurs
Carbon Film
Videos
Videos
Lab Content
Lab Content
Materials:
Materials:
Clay
Dinosaur figures
Optional: Sand box
Directions
Directions
Pass out a Dinosaur figure to each students along with their own clay
Get a piece of clay and instruct the students to roll out the piece of clay into a ball and flatten it, in a flat surface
With the Dinosaur figures have the students select either the whole body or a footprint (to make an imprint) and have the students press down on the figures down on the flattened piece of clay that they have
Students wil then have successfully made their own imrpint fossil !
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