Fossils lesson

We are currently studying fossils and dinosaurs as we are reading “The Enormous Egg”, by Oliver Butterworth. We made these Four Types of Fossils Models. Each student needed one individu…

Rock Layers: Timeline of Life on EarthEvolution is a complicated subject. While everybody understands that black bears are related to grizzly bears and we can even figure they are related to extinct bears, lots of people wonder how scientists can be so sure that bears are related to salmon as well. One evidence is rock layers—specifically, what is called the geologic column. Scientists learned that rocks are stacked in layers containing fossils with the oldest fossils at the deepest layer…

Lessons, experiments, activities, and videos for teaching kids in third grade all about fossils. These lessons combine hands-on science with nonfiction reading and informational text to help students answer the questions 'What are fossils?' and 'What can fossils teach us?'

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Students need to know the sequence of how fossils are formed. Used pictures from brainpop.

Great Transitions Interactive: The fossils of transitional creatures were key evidence for Darwin’s evolutionary theory, but none had been found when he published On the Origin of Species. Now, there are many examples of such fossils, which clearly show that big evolutionary leaps consist of many smaller steps.

A Jurassic World classroom transformation or dinosaur themed decor would make learning about prehistoric fossils much more fun and engaging.

Fun and simple science experiment for kids on how to make cast and mold fossils with pictures to show the steps.