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Candle-Wax Fossils: Casts, Molds, and Impressions
Students examine and define fossils. They create their own impressions and molds in clay and candle wax, making external and internal molds.
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Fossil Hunt
Young scholars ask questions about the nature of science as they experience a 'Fossil Hunt'. They reconstruct a book that has been literally destroyed, just as the fossil record has been changed by billions of years of geological processes.
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Be a "Fossil Detective" an Effective Tool in Earth Science Education
Students examine the geological time scale: the Earth is ancient; time can be divided into periods based on its fossil content.
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Fossil Fuels-Importance and Formation
Student is introduced to the concept of energy as a common factor among all things. They list three fossil fuels and describe how fossil fuels were formed. They then tell how much plant debris it took to form one foot of coal.
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Fossil Imprints
Third graders discover fossil imprints. In this fossil lesson, 3rd graders get a piece of clay and create their own fossil imprints using animals provided by the teacher. They share their fossils with their partner and complete a data...
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White Glue Fossils: Casts, Molds, and Impressions
Students make impressions and molds in clay and them make casts with glue. After the glue dries students remove their fossils.
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Fossils
Fifth graders create a fossil using an impression made with a shell pressed into clay and filled with plaster of Paris and a mold made out of dough and impressed with a shell. They also will receive a paragraph which contains four...
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Studying Fossils
Students study fossils. They examine samples of specific fossils--including a shark tooth, a brachiopod, and horn coral, among others. They visit corresponding websites and complete a worksheet regarding each of the fossils.
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Fossils
For this fossil worksheet, students answer eight questions about the types of fossils, the characteristics of each type of fossil and the information fossils give.
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Fossil Fuel Power Stations
In these energy worksheets, students learn about fossil fuels and the power stations that use the fuels. Students complete a 14 page packet about fossil fuels and power stations.
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Fossil Fuels
Fifth graders explore the use of fossil fuels and relate it to effects on the environment.
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Geology- Gemstones, Fossils and Rocks Quiz
In this earth science quiz worksheet, students answer 10 fill-in-the-blank questions about gemstones, fossils, and rocks. They see pictures of rocks, minerals, and a dinosaur fossil on the page. They check their answers with the word...
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Fossil Evidence for Plate Tectonics
Students draw maps of counties that were important to the discovery of plate tectonic theory. In this plate tectonics lesson students excavate constructed fossil sites from matching coastlines and discuss the possible explanations for...
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Fossil Fuels vs. Alternative Fueling Systems
Fourth graders brainstorm the differences between the fossil fuels that people use in their transportation now and what they could use to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. They use a variety of techniques from webquests to writing...
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Common Gemstones and Fossils
In this science worksheet, 4th graders respond to questions pertaining to gems and fossils. Students answer ten questions which give clues and visual aids to assist in answering.
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What is a Fossil?
In this fossil instructional activity, students are given twelve terms to find in a word search that are related to the types of fossils and the study of fossils.
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Fossils: The Eras of the Earth's History
Young scholars research the four geologic eras of Earth's history. In this extension on a fossils lesson, students research the different eras of Earth's history. Young scholars use AppleWorks to create a bar graph containing information...
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Fossils
Students act as paleontologists to discover who a mystery guest to the classroom was. They do not know the identity of the guest but infer the identity from items left behind in the classroom. They make inferences from dinosaur fossils.
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What Do Fossils Tell About the Past?
In this fossils worksheet, students compare characteristics of fossils with living organisms currently found on the earth. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Math Problem #1: Exhausting Fossil Fuel Resources
In this fossil fuel worksheet, students graph fossil fuel consumption from given information. Afterward, they estimate the annual rate of petroleum consumption and predict future consumption figures. In this one-page worksheet, there are...
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Chesapeake Bay Fossils/Geology
Students define and investigate paleontology, research geological history of the Chesapeake Bay, review geological time line, and identify fossils of the Chesapeake Bay.
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The Bare Bones Of Fossils
Young scholarsare able to understand the three ways foosils were created. They are able to make a reconstruction of a puzzle or draw a picture based on cluses and limited pieces of the puzzle or animal. Students are able to explain how...
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Determining the Age of Fossils
High schoolers explore radioactive dating using a radiometric Dating website. In this chemistry lesson plan, students will work in small groups to collect data that shows how fossils are dated. As a follow-up, high schoolers will...
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Finding the Ages of Rocks and Fossils
High schoolers practice dating fossils. They learn the concept of "deep time"--that earth was formed billions of years ago. They experience excellent hand-outs and virtual age tutorial links.
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