UNIT 6 Fossil History of the Earth CC: Ask the students to define the word fossil. Make a list of student comments on the board or on an overhead transparency. Ask the students how we know what conditions on Earth's surface were a long time ago.
Use Inspiration software to brainstorm student comments and add information. Inspiration Quick Tips http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/intech/quick_tips/inspiration.htm
CC: Define the word paleontology and help students to understand what this branch of science entails. University of California Museum of Paleontology
CC: Each student should select two to three small objects appropriate for fossilizing in plaster of Paris.
Use digital cameras to take pictures of fossils that students make. Insert the pictures into PowerPoint to make a class slideshow. PowerPoint Quick Tips http://www.louisianaschools.net/lde/intech/quick_tips/office/powerpoint.htm
CC: Selecting a fossil or group of fossils from a provided collection, students should research the type of environment the fossilized organisms once lived in and what type of natural processes formed the fossils. The Dinosaurs Weren't Alonehttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/trex/notalone.htmlFossilization and Fossil Graveyardshttp://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/LifeScience/PhysicalAnthropology/EvolutionFact/FossilisationFossil/
BBC - Science and Nature- Beasts - Fossil Fun http://www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/fossilfun/burial/
American Museum of Natural History - Paleontology Division http://paleo.amnh.org/fossil/FRC.xindex What can fossils tell us?http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/dinosaurs/sci-tell.html
List of Official State Fossils http://www.intersurf.com/~chalcedony/statefossil.html
Types of Fossils http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html
Invertebrate Fossils http://library.thinkquest.org/J002743/5kcminvert.html
SDNHM: Finding Fossils http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/fossils/
Unitedstreaming Videos http://www.unitedstreaming.com Fossils: Windows Into the Past (20:00) Earth Science: Fossils (20:00) Off the Map: Colossal Fossil (19:25) |