Collect and observe fossils from your local environment. Use rubbings of leaves as compared to fossils of plants found in rocks. Fossils Observe tracks of 3-LS4-1. Analyze animals. Make LS2.D: Social Interactions and Group and interpret data inferences about that Behavior from fossils to animal and its habitat part of a group helps animals provide evidence of (e.g., webbed feet the organisms and obtain food, defend themselves, and cope tracks indicate an the environments with changes. Groups may serve different aquatic environment). in which they functions and vary dramatically in size. lived long ago. Discuss how scientists use fossilized tracks to make inferences about prehistoric animals and their environments. Bury a cooked chicken leg in the school yard. After 2 weeks (Please use gloves and allow the teacher to do this part!) dig the leg up to observe changes over time. Make representations of fossils using various objects (e.g., leaf, twig, shell, bone, feather) pressed into clay that hardens. After students discover what
Fossils LS2.D: Social Interactions and Group Behavior part of a group helps animals obtain food, defend themselves, and cope with changes. Groups may serve different functions and vary dramatically in size. Collect and observe fossils from your local environment. Use rubbings of leaves as compared to fossils of plants found in rocks. Observe tracks of animals. Make inferences about that animal and its habitat (e.g., webbed feet tracks indicate an aquatic environment). Discuss how scientists use fossilized tracks to make inferences about prehistoric animals and their environments. Bury a cooked chicken leg in the school yard. After 2 weeks (Please use gloves and allow the teacher to do this part!) dig the leg up to observe changes over time. Make representations of fossils using various objects (e.g., leaf, twig, shell, bone, feather) pressed into clay that hardens. After students discover what 3-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
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