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Sediment Fossil Surprise
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Grade 8
Science
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
Measures 2 skills from
Grade 8
Science
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
8.E.2.1
Infer the age of Earth and relative age of rocks and fossils from index fossils and ordering of rock layers (relative dating and radioactive dating).
8.E.2.2
Explain the use of fossils, ice cores, composition of sedimentary rocks, faults, and igneous rock formations found in rock layers as evidence of the history of the Earth and its changing life forms.
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Students analyze illustrations to understand how a fossil forms. Then they make a model of fossils found in sediment layers and eat it.
Published on Nov 11, 2010