Middle school students are transformed into Fossil detectives as they examine the fossil record and use evidence about paleo-environments to develop an understanding of structure and function in living systems and changes over time in Earths history. In this enrichment activity, students work in teams to research an assigned geologic time period. They determine available habitats, food sources and types (animal, plant; woody, herbaceous, etc.), cover sources, methods of getting food, defense, and reproduction that would allow an animal to live in the assigned paleoenvironment. In culmination of their efforts, students create a diorama to display their findings.
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2006Stock # ss06_029_08_52Volume 029Issue 08