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COMBINED RATING

4.3 Stars

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LENGTH

20 Minutes

GRADES

3
4
5

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support
ES
Spanish Language Support
Text-to-Speech Support
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Description

Hello adventurers! I am KT-Log, and I welcome you to this exciting excavation. I need your help to collect and catalog ancient fossils to send to the museum. Are you up for it?

Vocabulary Words

fossils
archeology
fossilization
amber
sediment
body fossil
trace fossil
molds
casts
extinction
evolution
primate
erosion
sedimentary rock

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Fossil Evidence. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Fossils form in sedimentary rock when a dead organism is buried under layers of sediment and hardens into rock over time.
Scientists can use fossils to compare properties of organisms alive today with those that lived long ago.
Fossil evidence provides clues about the environment in which organisms lived.
Most fossils are found in the layers of sedimentary rock.
Some fossils provide evidence for large animals and others provide evidence for microscopic organisms.
Fossils provide evidence of organisms that lived long ago but have become extinct.
Fossils provide evidence about the properties of organisms that lived long ago.
An example of animals that became extinct are the dinosaurs.
Fossils are the remains or traces of living organisms that lived a long time ago.
Fossil evidence provides clues about how Earth’s landscape has changed over time.
Dead organisms can be preserved as fossils in sap, ice, or tar.
A species is a group of similar organisms that reproduce with each other.
Some extinct species look similar to species that exist today.
Extinction occurs when all of the members of a species die.(ES)

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What do we call something that died a long time ago? How do we know dinosaurs existed?

After the Game

How and where are fossils formed? What are fossils?

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