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STATION1:EXAMPLESOFFOSSILS

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

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