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1.
Lookoverthedifferenttypesoffossilsinthediagrambelow.Writedownafew
typesoffossilsinthe
Examples
boxonyourNerdWordssheet.
2.
Usetheplaydohmoldtomakeafossiloutofplaydoh!
3.
Trytoidentifywhattypeoffossileachofthefossilsareatthestation(including
theoneyoumade).Thenopentheenvelopetocheckyouranswers!
4.
Drawapictureofonefossilandlabelthetypeoffossilinthe
drawing
box
STATION2:DEFINITIONOFFOSSILS
1.WatchthebrainpopvideoaboutFossils.
2.Writedownthe
definition
ofafossilonyourNerdWordsSheetasyouwatch(you
canpausethevideosoyouhavetimetowrite)
3.Ifyouhavetime,takethequizwithyourlabpartners!
STATION3:ORDERINGFOSSILS
Introduction
:
Youhavereceived9fossilsamplesatyourlabandyouneedtoputtheminorderfrom
oldesttoyoungest.Thesampleshavegottenmixedup,andallbuttheoldestand
youngestsamplesarenotlabeled.Usethecluesbelowtoputthesamplesinorder
fromOLDESTtoYOUNGEST.
Clues
:
Sample2istheoldestsample
Sample6istheyoungestsample
Whenanorganismgoesextinct,itdisappearsfromthefossilrecord
Directions
:
1. LineupthefossilsamplesfromOLDESTtoYOUNGEST
2. Checktoseeifyouarerightbyaskingyourteacherfortheanswerkey.
3. Inthe
Sentence
boxonyourNerdWordssheet,writeasentencedescribingyour
strategyforputtingthefossilsamplesinorder.
TrilobiteFossil500millionyearsold