What Makes a Fossil Game
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This learning resource is available in interactive and printable formats. The interactive worksshet can be played online and assigned to students. The Printable PDF version can be downloaded and printed for completion by hand.
CONTENT PREVIEW
Instructions: Sort these words into categories based on different types of fossils and how they are preserved.
Categories:
Original Remains
Replaced Materials
Preserved Traces
Word Bank:
amber insects
frozen mammoths
preserved seeds
tree sap
petrified wood
mineralized bones
crystal bones
stone casts
footprints
leaf impressions
burrow marks
track ways
ABOUT THIS GAME
This NGSS-aligned word sort activity focuses on different types of fossil preservation. Students sort 12 different examples into three categories: Original Remains, Replaced Materials, and Preserved Traces. The activity helps students understand the various ways organisms can become fossilized and preserved over time. Through this classification exercise, students learn about different preservation methods, from actual preserved specimens in amber to mineralized remains and trace fossils, providing a comprehensive understanding of how we find evidence of ancient life.
Publisher:
Workybooks
Written by:
Workybooks Team
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RELATED TAGS
fossil types
preservation methods
paleontology basics
fossil evidence
NGSS activities
ancient remains
