Evolution: Fossil Evidence
Evolution: Fossil Evidence
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Performance Expectation
Performance Expectation
MS-LS4-1: 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.
In Student-Friendly Words...
In Student-Friendly Words...
I can use fossils to find evidence of how living things have changed over time.
Big Ideas
Big Ideas
Fossils provide evidence of organisms that lived long ago.
The fossil record shows that life on Earth has changed over time.
Some species have become extinct while new species have appeared.
Scientists look for patterns in fossils to learn about Earth's history.
Interactive Learning
Interactive Learning
Watch & Learn
Watch & Learn
Fossils & Evidence For Evolution
Fossils & Evidence For Evolution
Fossils and the Fossil Record: Earth's History in Stone
Fossils and the Fossil Record: Earth's History in Stone
Tiktaalik and the Fossil Record
Tiktaalik and the Fossil Record
Missing Links: The Most Important Fossils Ever Discovered
Missing Links: The Most Important Fossils Ever Discovered
Ear Worms
Ear Worms
Fossils | Rap Video by SquidBooks
Fossils | Rap Video by SquidBooks
Real-World Connections
Real-World Connections
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs
Fossils provide evidence that organisms lived on Earth long before humans and help scientists reconstruct what those organisms were like.
Changing Environments
Changing Environments
Fossils can show scientists how Earth's environments and the organisms living in them have changed over time.
Finding Fossils
Finding Fossils
Paleontologists use fossils and the rocks around them to learn about Earth's history.
Museums
Museums
Fossils displayed in museums are evidence scientists use to help us understand how life on Earth has changed.
Take It Further
Take It Further
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