Fossils in the Classroom Materials and Resources
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Investigation 1 – How Fossils Form
http://www.stratigraphy.org/column.php?id=Chart/Time%20Scale
is a website where you can download a global Geologic Time Scale as ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy.
http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/esl/es/spanish-es.pdf
is a website that lists Spanish translations of Earth Science Terms.
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
is a website where you can easily create your own crossword puzzles or word searches using the listed vocabulary words.
Investigation 2 - Using Fossils to Date Rocks
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/teachers.php
is a website that features valuable and easy to understand paleontology resources for teachers.
http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/esl/es/spanish-es.pdf
is a website that lists Spanish translations of Earth Science Terms.
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
is a website where you can easily create your own crossword puzzles or word searches using the listed vocabulary words.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WilliamSmith/
is a website that discusses the first person to use fossils for determining the relative ages of rocks – William Smith, an English surveyor and canal-digger in the early 1800s. William Smith also built the first geologic map.
Investigation 3 – Fossil Trackways
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/teachers.php
is a website that features valuable and easy to understand paleontology resources for teachers.
http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/esl/es/spanish-es.pdf
is a website that lists Spanish translations of Earth Science Terms.
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
is a website where you can easily create your own crossword puzzles or word searches using the listed vocabulary words.
Investigation 4 – Fossil Leaves and Climate Change
http://www.stratigraphy.org/column.php?id=Chart/Time%20Scale
is a website where you can download a global Geologic Time Scale as ratified by the International Commission on Stratigraphy.
http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/esl/es/spanish-es.pdf
is a website that lists Spanish translations of Earth Science Terms.
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
is a website where you can easily create your own crossword puzzles or word searches using the listed vocabulary words.
Investigation 5 – Fossil Teeth
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/teachers.php
is a website that features valuable and easy to understand paleontology resources for teachers.
http://www.newyorkscienceteacher.com/sci/esl/es/spanish-es.pdf
is a website that lists Spanish translations of Earth Science Terms.
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
is a website where you can easily create your own crossword puzzles or word searches using the listed vocabulary words.
