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Fossils: Clues From Long Ago
Read about body fossils and trace fossils (including fossil wood from the Lalmai hills near Cumilla), put the steps of fossil formation in order, sort six fossils, and read a diagram of rock layers to work out how one place changed from sea to forest to grassland.
About this worksheet
- Learning goal
- I can use fossils as clues to what living things and places were like long ago.
- Level
- Level 3 of 5 (Core)
- Learning path
- Grade 3 life science, step 4 of 4
- Teaching style
- Guided practice. Clear steps: an example, then practice that builds to independence.
- Ages and thinking
- Ages 8–9 · Apply · British spelling
- Includes
- Worksheet, clear instructions and an answer key for grown-ups
- US standards
- NGSS 3-LS4-1
- National Curriculum in England
- Year 3 · Science: rocks (describe in simple terms how fossils are formed)
- Australian Curriculum v9
- Year 3 · Science: AC9S3U02 (rocks); fossils as evidence of past life
- AC9S3U02 properties of soils, rocks and minerals
- Pages
- 2
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- Grades
- 3rd Grade
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