Are your students puzzled by fossils and how we know what we know about them? This activity puts it all together. -- By assembling “fossil” puzzle pieces, students come to understand the processes by which paleontologists reconstruct the past. -- They learn how paleontologists are able to deduce the appearance of an organism from a just a few fragments, see how fossils are assembled, and speculate on what color the living organism might have been. Developed by Kenneth W. Carlson. Grades 6-9. -- Includes: blackline masters, instructions. |
