Fossils Interactive Lesson for Google Classroom

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3rd - 6th

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Archaeology, Earth Sciences

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PowerPoint Presentations, Lesson

Standards

NGSSMS-ESS1-4

NGSS4-ESS1-1

NGSS3-LS4-1

NGSSMS-LS4-1

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Google Slides™

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25 pages

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In this interactive Google Slides lesson, students learn about types of fossils and how they form. After clicking through ten slides with information about:

how fossils form
types of fossils - mold, cast, trace, and true form
paleontology
the law of superposition

Next students demonstrate their comprehension with several interactive activities:

students "dig" for fossils by uncovering fossils hidden in the rock layers
categorize and sort fossils
answer multiple choice questions using the fossil record and the law of superposition to draw conclusions

Looking for more on fossils? You may be interested in this fossils reading comprehension passage (also available for distance learning here), this complete fossils lesson, these fossils science stations, or these fossil experiments.

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Credits: Fossil clipart was created by Studio Devanna and used with permission. All other photos and graphics were sourced via Pixabay and used with permission, except for the photo on slide 7 which was taken by Shea LaFountaine of LaFountaine of Knowledge. Fonts used include: Sigmar One and Amatic by Vernon Adams, Pangolin by Kevin Burke, and Architect’s Daughter by Kimberly Geswein. All fonts were used with permission under open source licenses.

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25 pages

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45 minutes

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NGSSMS-ESS1-4

Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence from rock strata for how the geologic time scale is used to organize Earth’s 4.6-billion-year-old history. Emphasis is on how analyses of rock formations and the fossils they contain are used to establish relative ages of major events in Earth’s history. Examples of Earth’s major events could range from being very recent (such as the last Ice Age or the earliest fossils of homo sapiens) to very old (such as the formation of Earth or the earliest evidence of life). Examples can include the formation of mountain chains and ocean basins, the evolution or extinction of particular living organisms, or significant volcanic eruptions. Assessment does not include recalling the names of specific periods or epochs and events within them.

NGSS4-ESS1-1

Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. Examples of evidence from patterns could include rock layers with marine shell fossils above rock layers with plant fossils and no shells, indicating a change from land to water over time; and, a canyon with different rock layers in the walls and a river in the bottom, indicating that over time a river cut through the rock. Assessment does not include specific knowledge of the mechanism of rock formation or memorization of specific rock formations and layers. Assessment is limited to relative time.

NGSS3-LS4-1

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. Examples of data could include type, size, and distributions of fossil organisms. Examples of fossils and environments could include marine fossils found on dry land, tropical plant fossils found in Arctic areas, and fossils of extinct organisms. Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages.

NGSSMS-LS4-1

Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past. Emphasis is on finding patterns of changes in the level of complexity of anatomical structures in organisms and the chronological order of fossil appearance in the rock layers. Assessment does not include the names of individual species or geological eras in the fossil record.

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