Format
1) Introduction of the program
2) Fossil definition
3) Petrification discussion
4) Group site digs
5) Gathering of evidence to make claim about the early environments of South Carolina
Objectives
Students will understand:
1) How gathering fossil evidence can provide insight into what environments were like long ago
2) Fossil evidence suggests that parts of South Carolina were once covered by ocean.
3) Identifying organisms that once lived provides evidence of characteristics of early environments and habitats.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
SC Science Standards
3.L.5B.3 – Construct scientific arguments using evidence from fossils of plants and animals that lived long ago to infer the characteristics of early environments.
Next Generation Science Standards:
3-LS4-1 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
State Standards
SC Science Standards
3.L.5B.3 – Construct scientific arguments using evidence from fossils of plants and animals that lived long ago to infer the characteristics of early environments.
Next Generation Science Standards:
3-LS4-1 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.