Utah Education Network
Uen: Investigation 2 Simulating Fossil Formation
This lesson plan includes directions for 5 different activities for making a variety of fossil types. The fossils included in all five activities are casts, petrification fossils, imprints and preserved fossils. The labs require a number...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How to Fossilize Yourself
Phoebe A. Cohen details the steps your body must take to find future fame as a fossil. [5:30]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Types of Fossilization
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Five methods that create fossils.
Other
One Geology Kids: Fossils
Learn about fossils in this colorful and easy to read site. Aimed at elementary age students, find out how fossils were formed, the different kinds and sizes, where located, their importance, and more.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Evolution: Fossils Quiz
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over fossils, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fossil Formation
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart recording the process of fossilization using a marine vertebrate, an ichthyosaur as an example. Not highly, interactive, but there is a flow chart for students to complete.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: How Do Fossils Form?
An overview of the process of fossil formation over time.
Other
Starry Skies: How Do Fossils Form?
Directions and materials needed to make a modern day fossil.
Burke Museum
Burke Museum: Marine Fossils
"Marine fossils and their living relatives" is part of a larger site dedicated to the research and collection information of the Burke Museum on Paleontology.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Fossils
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what fossils are, how they form, and what scientists can learn from fossils.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Fossil Fuel Formation Study Guide
Understand fossil fuel formation using this review guide.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Fossil Fuel Formation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How fossil fuels are created.
Other
American Coal Foundation: Lesson Plan: Coal Formation
In this four-part instructional activity, students will conduct a simulation of the coal formation process and will show the ability to do scientific inquiry. For the final project, they will use their findings they have recorded on...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: Green River Fossil Collections
Search the collection of 35,000 fossiliferous rocks found within the Green River Formation of Colorado and Utah. View some of these 50 million year old insect fossils in a linked slide show.
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Fossil Origami [Pdf]
A foldable that students can make and use to question others about the names of eight fossils found in Indiana. The foldable is in the format of a 'fortune-teller.'
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Fossils: Footprints Across Time
Smithsonian Education presents "Fossils: Footprints Across Time." Teachers can download this teaching package that introduces students to the study of fossils. Students will discover what fossils can teach us about the Earth as it was...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Types of Fossilization Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide summarizes key points about how fossils form. Includes one study question.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: What Effect Does Sediment Size Have on Fossils?
Consider the different sizes of sediment when studying fossils.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: In What Types of Rocks Do Fossils Form?
Learn about the types of rocks where fossils can form.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geological Institute: Evolution and the Fossil Record
The American Geological Institute has done an excellent job of defining and explaining evolution in this online booklet. Darwin, fossils, natural selection, and change over time are some of the concepts that are covered. Make sure to see...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Fossils Moldy Oldies
A good introduction to different types of fossils and how they form. There are also directions for making three different models of fossils.
Other
Earth Science Australia: Coal Types, Formation and Methods of Mining
This informative site lists four stages in the development of coal. Different types of coal mines are explained in this site as well.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Exceptional Preservation
Detailed information on the preservation of fossils includes when fossils were formed and what animals formed them.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Under What Conditions Do Fossils Form?
Learn about the conditions required for fossils to form naturally.
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