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Small Fossil Collection - 10 Pieces NGSS

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Great way to support any earth science or geology unit.

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This collection of 10 fossils spans prehistory. It is a good sample of common fossils, and a great way to support any earth science or geology unit. Each set includes easily recognizable samples, each with a short information sheet and a geological time scale.
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Fossil kit
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This was a really useful set for my after school science club kids. Two worked together to sort them from most recent to oldest and then we went through time. The older kids read the cards to the younger kids and looked for more information in our fossil field guide. They kept them in the bags "to keep them safe." Kids can keep fossils if they draw them, measure them, and write about them, but those two decided that these were off limits for that.
Dorothy Bukantz

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Nice specimens
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The specimens were small, but individually bagged with labels and info. for each one. They are great for both classroom and gift-giving. Specimens are very nice!
Pamela

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NGSS

This product will support your students' understanding of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)*, as shown in the table below.

Elementary Middle School High School

4-ESS1-1

Students can use the assorted fossils in the Fossil Collection to identify evidence, to identify patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in the landscape over time.

DCI-4/ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth.

Local, regional, and global patterns of rock formations reveal changes over time due to earth forces, such as earthquakes. The presence and location of certain fossil types indicate the order in which rock layers were formed.

MS-ESS1-4

Students can use the assorted fossils in the Fossil Collection as evidence to construct a scientific explanation based on the fossil record from rock strata for how geologic time scale is used to organize Earth's 4.6-billion-year-old history.

MS-LS 4-1

Students can use the assorted fossils in the Fossil Collection to analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.

MS-LS 4-2

Students can use the assorted fossils in the Fossil Collection to apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.

DCI-MS/ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth.

The geologic time scale interpreted from the rock strata provides a way to organize Earth's history. Analysis of rock strata and fossil record provide only relative dates, not absolute scale.

DCI-MS/LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity.

The collection of fossils and their placement in chronological order is known as the fossil record. It documents the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of many life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. By reviewing anatomical similarities and differences between various organisms living today and organisms in the fossil record, we can reconstruct evolutionary history and interference of lines of evolutionary descent.

HS-ESS1-4

Students can use the anatomical structures of the assorted fossils in the Fossil Collection as evidence to communicate scientific information that common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by multiple line of empirical evidence.

HS-LS 4-5

Students can use the assorted fossils in the Fossil Collection and information about the fossil record to evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in the extinction of species.

DCI-HS/LS4.C: Adaptation.

Species become extinct because they can no longer survive and reproduce in their altered environment. If members cannot adjust to change that is too fast or drastic, the opportunity for the species' evolution is lost.

Suggested Science Idea(s)

4-ESS1-1
MS-ESS1-4
MS-LS 4-1
MS-LS 4-2
HS-ESS1-4
HS-LS 4-5

Students can use the assorted fossils and facts included in the Fossil Collection to gather information and evidence to support investigations for Geologic History. With close examination and research about the fossils, students can learn about the fossil record, Earth's History, common ancestry, diversity of life and adaptation. Any hands-on activity with fossils will create a strong foundation for Geologic History lessons at all grade levels.

 

* NGSS is a registered trademark of Achieve. Neither Achieve nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of, and do not endorse, this product.

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