Sort Microfossils

Geology Investigation

Sort Microfossils

Guide students through a hands-on lab sorting 20 million-year-old fossil sediment.

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4-8 Activity Schedule

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Fossil Identification Guide

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Materials:

Meeka microscopes
Toby tweezers
Petri dish
Microfossil sediment
Lab sheets
Fossil identification guide

Teacher Support: Fossil Sorting

Digging for Fossils

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity 3-LS4-1:
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.

Earth's Place in the Universe 4-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.

Geology Investigation