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Fossils 2: Uncovering the Facts
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.php?Grade=3-5&BenchmarkID=5&DocID ...
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This lesson is the second in a two-part series on fossils. It explores the information that can be discerned by comparing fossils to living organisms. Students explore fossils and are responsible for using what they have learned to do their own extrapolating. Students conduct an interview with the remains of a Protoceratops. In preparation for the interview, they brainstorm the questions for which they would like answers and then narrow their questions to those that can really be answered by studying the Protoceratops fossils.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Intermediate (3-5)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Lesson plan
Subject:
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Paleontology
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright AAAS 2002. All rights reserved.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-005-555
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • K-4:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Evidence, models, and explanation
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
      • E - Science and technology:
        • Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans
      • G - History and nature of science:
        • Science as a human endeavor
Related resources:
This resource is referenced by 'Science Netlinks'
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
This resource requires 'Fossils 1: Fossils and Dinosaurs'
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.php?BenchmarkID=5&DocID=93
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science NetLinks