State Standards:
8.ESS.3 A combination of constructive and destructive geologic processes formed Earth’s surface.
8.ESS.4 Evidence of the dynamic changes of Earth’s surface through time is found in the geologic record.
8.LS.1 Diversity of species, a result of variation of traits, occurs through the process of evolution and extinction over many generations. The fossil records provide evidence that changes have occurred in number and types of species.
Objectives
At the end of the program, student will be able to:
· identify how to interpret the fossil record
· discover how fossils are formed
· understand geologic time and how the earth has changed, in particular the Midwest of North America
· discover what is known as the “Age of Fishes” and the family of fish that produced the armored fish known as Dunkleosteous
· discover evidence that the Midwest, and in particular Ohio, was covered by a shallow arm of the world ocean
Lesson Plans:
8th-The-Fossil-Record-Lesson-Plan
Video Links:
Video Lesson - Fossils
Video Lesson - Geological Time Scale
Video Lesson - Dunkleosteous