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Archaeology laboratories under $5
Sedimentary Rock Formation Activity | 4th grade 5th grade Earth Science Rocks
Experiencing Sedimentary Rock is a fun activity to do with your students to help them understand the processes that lead to the formation of sedimentary rock.This file includes:• Lesson Suggestions• Directions to create a sediment bottle• Sediment Bottle Recording Booklet• Sedimentary Rock Formation Posters• Sedimentary Rock Formation Sequencing CardsMaterials:You will need an old water bottle for each pair of students. I recommend you provide gravel or small rocks, some sand or soil, and small
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4th - 5th
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Determing Relative Age of Rock Layers: An Investigative Approach
In this activity students get a chance to apply their knowledge and understanding of paleontology to determine the relative age of rock layers and what types of conditions existed to produce them, as well as conceptualizing the use of index fossils to gleam information about Earth's geologic history.
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5th - 10th
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Make a Cast Fossil Paleontology Science Lab Experiment PRINT and DIGITAL
This hands-on science lab activity walks students through a science experiment to create a replica cast fossil using Plaster of Paris and small plastic organisms. This resource includes: teacher directions, discussion questions, and extension activities 3 slides of background information on what cast fossils are and how they form 10 slides of step by step instructions, with photos, to walk students through how to create their cast fossils. a student response worksheeta scoring rubrica force copy
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3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-1
Also included in:Â Fossils and Paleontology Unit Bundle of 8 Science Lessons
Make a Mold Fossil Science Lab Experiment PRINT and DIGITAL
This paleontology activity walks students through a science experiment to create a mold fossil using salt dough. This resource includes: teacher directions, discussion questions, and extension activitiesbackground information on what mold fossils are and how they form11 slides of step by step instructions, with photos, to walk students through how to create their mold fossils.printable salt dough recipesa student response worksheeta scoring rubrica force copy link to a digital Google Slides vers
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-1
Also included in:Â Earth Science Hands-On Science Lab Experiments and STEM Challenges Bundle
Gummy Bear Fossils Experiment and Graphic Organizer
Demonstrate how fossils form in just hours right in your own classroom! Gummy Bear Fossils is a lot of fun for students. They always LOVE learning with candy!
Aligned to Georgia Performance Standards for Science for third grade, S3E2 (Students will investigate fossils as evidence of organisms that lived long ago. b. Describe how a fossil is formed.)
This experiment sheet follows the scientific process and features a materials list, step-by-step instructions, and doubles as a graphic organize
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2nd - 5th
Pangea (Pangaea) and FOSSILS: Come Explore and Answer HOW WE KNOW!
Kids know about Pangaea but do they know WHY WE THINK PANGAEA ONCE EXISTED? Probably not! Everyone knows about the puzzle fit but is that really enough scientific evidence? No way. In this activity, come explore the relationship between Pangaea and index fossils.
This activity is a portion of the larger fossil tutorial/matching/identification LAB posted on TPT.
FULL VERSION CLICK HERE
Students begin with a tutorial on fossil terminology (definitions and images): cast fossils, mold fossil
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3rd - 9th
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Jell-O Amber Fossils
This Jell-O amber fossils science activity is a great addition to a fossils or paleontology unit!
This product includes:
- Materials list
- Preparation directions
- Activity directions
- Activity page
I hope you and your kiddos enjoy!
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1st - 4th
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Digging for Fossils Lab Earth Science
In this lab you use a chocolate chip cookie as a representation of how archeologists/paleontologists excavate sites. Have your students engage in an exciting lab where they dissect a chocolate chip cookie using forceps (tweezers), q-tips, tooth picks, water, paper towels, and cotton balls.
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3rd - 6th
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Rocks and Minerals Observation Chart
This is a simple fill in chart for students as they are observing different rocks and minerals. I just started the 4th grade unit on Rocks and there are just so many possibilities.
Here they observe five different rocks with hand lenses and write in what they observe about each rock. On the second page, they can draw a picture of each rock and give a brief explanation of the differences and similarities.
Rock differences, Rocks and Minerals, 4th grade science, Comparing rocks, comparing mine
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3rd - 6th
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Fossil Excavation with a Cookie
Can't take your students to a fossil dig? Bring the "dig" to your students! Each student receives a chocolate chip cookie and follows this PDP guide as they conduct an excavation! My students absolutely "dug" this activity and I'm so excited to share it with you.
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1st - 7th
FOSSILS PROJECT
Fossils. Geology. Anthropology.Nothing intrigues a middle school student like a good mystery.Challenge your students to explore,discover and question as they probe the mysterious fossilized Laetoli trackway discovered by the famed anthropologist Mary Leaky.I teach this mini unit within my Rocks and Minerals unit. The inquiry question posed is: What do rocks reveal about our past? Students soon discover that fossils in rocks contain tantalizing clues about Earth's past.The outline of the unit is
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5th - 8th
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Archaeology and Paleontology Interactive Lab - {Editable}
This is a Very fun lab that will teach your students about how archaeologists and paleontologists explore and research. This lab allows your students to "excavate" the remains of a fossil site... a cookie! My students love completing this lab because they get to imagine the role that these important scientists play in the scientific community while having a blast at the same time! You can change/modify the materials/cost at your "store" that students buy their materials at; I use a table in t
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4th - 8th
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Cell Phone Cladograms
Introduce cladograms with something that almost every student has, cell phones! Trace the evolution of cell phones with the 10 cell phone picture/information cards.
Also included...
3 differentiated versions of the data table:
- Completed data table
- Data table with only the categories and cell phones identified, perfect if you want students to complete the data table
- Completed data table with important information highlighted
4 differentiated versions of the cladogram:
- Completed cla
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Calculating Height Forensic Anthropology Worksheet or Lab
Great addition to your Forensic Anthropology Unit. Students either use given measurements or measure in-class models if you have them of the human arm and leg bones to calculate the height of the person that once used those bones. Calculation chart give students a formula for calculating the height in centimeters -- then walks them through converting that height to inches and feet and inches. Successfully used with 7th & 8th graders in my CSI exploratory course. Answer key included for th
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6th - 12th
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Digging for Dinosaurs Paleontology Fossils Science Lab PRINT and DIGITAL
In this STEM challenge, students must excavate a dinosaur "fossil" out of Plaster of Paris using various tools. Through this simulation, students will experience first hand some of the challenges paleontologists face in the field. This hands on experiment is the perfect addition to a unit on fossils and paleontology. This resource includes: teacher directions, discussion questions and extension activitiesbackground information about paleontologists and fossil excavationsstudent directions with p
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, 4-ESS1-1
, 3-LS4-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-LS4-1
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Also included in:Â STEM Challenges Bundle of Hands-On Science Lab Activities PRINT and DIGITAL
Half-Life Labs with M&M's, Licorice, and Plain Paper
This product includes two versions of my M&M half-life laboratory activity. One version is a more traditional Earth Science radioactive dating lab. The other is slightly more advanced Physics inquiry based lab that requires the use of a graphing calculator, like the TI-83 or TI-84. Both versions allow for hands-on examination as in this lab, students will experiment with a half-life model in which M&M candies represent radioactive "m&mium" atoms. The imprinted "M" on each candy repre
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, HS-PS1-8
Also included in:Â StayGiant Candy Mix Bundle: Lab Investigations
Geologic Timeline Activity -Students create timeline using adding maching tape.
For this activity I use rolls of adding machine tape- you need something at least 460 + a little extra cm long. Students use a meter stick to mark off TODAY. Then, leaving the meter stick in 1 spot, they mark off each of the periods at the correct measurements.
Students then add in important events in geologic time onto the timelines.
The result is a LONG roll of geologic time! A great VISUAL to the hard to conceptualize geologic timeline.
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4th - 9th
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Candy Bar Rock Layers
This is a hands-on modeling activity to help students better understand the law of superposition and relative aging of rocks. The activity is set up as a lab format.
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7th - 8th
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Geology Rock, Mineral and Fossil Field Trip
Your students are about to become real geologists as they explore the world of rocks, crystals, gems, fossils, and minerals by moving beyond just looking at pretty stones and really being able to identify, test, and classify samples and specimens you come across using techniques that real field experts use.
The best part is that there is not only a worksheet you can print out and hand to your students, but there's also an instructional step by step video that you can use along with your studen
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1st - 6th
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Weathering, Erosion, Deposition - Hands-on STATIONS
I use this after students have learned the basics about weathering, erosion, and deposition. My on-level or special needs students use their notes about WED to help them with the follow-up questions to the activity at each station.
Students travel in groups around the room to complete each activity. Warning: as with most hands-on activities, it can get a little messy, but it's well worth it as students remember this activity and you can reference it as you go forward through the geology conte
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5th - 8th
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Geology of Virginia WebQuest
This webquest has students visit the website https://geology.blogs.wm.edu/ to research the geology of Virginia. The assignment is broken up into physiographic provinces, features many helpful images, and introduces students to the geologic timescale. This can be completed in class as a lab or given to complete as sub plans.
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4th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS2-1
, HS-ESS2-2
BUNDLE Geology Lesson Plans
These are 12 of my best lesson plans on geology that teaches the big ideas behind rocks, minerals, and the science of geology. Students fluoresce minerals, chemically react rocks, streak powders, scratch glass, and play with atomic bonds as they learn how to be a real field geologist.
You are about to become a real geologist as you explore the world of rocks, crystals, gems, fossils, and minerals by moving beyond just looking at pretty stones and really being able to identify, test, and class
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3rd - 8th
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Anat & Physio (A&P) Skeletal System - Virtual Lab/Webquest (Digital/Printable)
Looking for a virtual Webquest or alternative lab for your Skeletal System Unit? Or do you need an alternative makeup lab for students who were absent? This Webquest/lab is interactive as students learn about archeological anthropology and how their understanding of the skeletal system applies to forensics. Students will explore how skeletal remains are aged, how gender is identified and how to determine height of a person based on skeletal remains. They will use understanding from the Webquest
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9th - 12th
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Law of Superposition/ Fossils- Playdoh Activity/Exit Ticket
The Law of Superposition seems fairly simple until you have students analyze the relative age of fossils. This activity was designed to help students engage in this law of science with something we all seem to love...playdoh! I usually walk through the steps, showing students how to put the layers together, then they construct their own with a partner. The best part is the quick check I can do as I walk through the room or they hand me their completed papers. It shows who understands the con
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
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