Introduction
Have you ever wondered what the past looked like? Scientists look at fossils to reveal information about the past. Today we are going to learn more about fossils. As you work through this web quest, you will complete a graphic organizer.
Task
With your shoulder partner, you will take turns reading through a website and watching a video to gather information on fossils. With this information, you are going to fill out a graphic organizer.
Here is the graphic organizer. Before filling it out, be sure to make a copy of it. To add to the graphic organizer, click the sticky note icon. Partner A will record their notes with pink sticky notes and Partner B will record their notes with green sticky notes.
Process
Click the play button to watch a video about fossils.
Fossils have helped scientist learn about different life forms that have come and gone. The shapes of teeth help scientist determine what that organism ate. Footprints are also a big factor because they can tell a scientist how heavy an animal was.
Click this link to explore what fossils can tell us.
Evaluation
Now that you and your partner have become experts on fossils, it is time to see what you have learned.
Click this link to bring you to the Google Form quiz.
Conclusion
Great job, you are all experts on fossils! Next we are going to look at fossils from the Florissant Area.
Credits
Bow Tie Guy and Wife . (2020, May 4). YouTube. Retrieved April 3, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/
Patti Hutchinson. (n.d.). Fossils - montgomery.k12.ky.us. Fossils Tell a Story . Retrieved April 4, 2022, from https://www.montgomery.k12.ky.us/userfiles/1498/Classes/1077/Fossils%20…;
What can fossils tell us? The Learning Zone: What is a fossil? (n.d.). Retrieved April 3, 2022, from https://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/fossils/intro/proof.htm
Teacher Page
Performance Expectation: Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago.
Standard Number and Description: 3-LS4-1 Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and environments in which they lived long ago.
Disciplinary Core Idea: Fossils provide evidence about the types of organism that lived long ago and also about the nature of the environment.