Agate Fossil Beds Mammal Fossil Program

Length

45 minutes to 1 hour

Target Audience

Education: Grade(s) 2, 3, 4, 5, Homeschool/Family

Minimum participants:

2

Maximum participants:

30

Primary Disciplines

Problem Solving, Sciences, STEM

Program Delivery Mode

Videoconference - H.323 (Polycom, Cisco/Tandberg, LifeSize, etc...)
Videoconference – Webcam/desktop (Zoom, Google Meet, Cisco WebEx, GoToMeeting, Microsoft Teams, etc...)
Google Hang Out
Zoom
Microsoft Teams

Booking Information

Book it!

For more information contact CILC at (507) 388-3672

Provider's Cancellation Policy

All of our programs are free but we do ask that if for whatever reason you need to cancel or reschedule please contact Jeremy Hoyt at Jeremy_Hoyt@nps.gov 24 hours in advance. Thank you.

About This Provider

 

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Harrison, NE
United States

During the 1890s, scientists rediscovered what the Lakota Sioux already knew—bones preserved in one of the world's most significant Miocene Epoch mammal sites.

Yet, this place called "Agate" is a landscape that reflects many influences—from early animals roaming the valleys and hills, to tribal nations calling the High Plains home, to explorers passing through or settling in the American West.

Program Details

Format

This is a live program, students will meet with an education ranger in the main gallery of the Agate Fossil Beds museum and visitor center, and using your preferred platform, the ranger will use the exhibits to explore and explain the reasons for the large cache of 26-18 million year old Miocene fossils discovered here on the site.

Objectives

1. The student will be able to define the key terms listed below,

2. They will understand that Mammals can be fossils as well as dinosaurs.

3. They will understand how climate change and shifting geology contributed to the rise and extinction of the animals found here.

Standards Alignment

National Standards

Meets Nebraska Science Standards: SC 7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems, SC 12 Weather and Climate, SC 13 Processes that shape the earth

State Standards

Meets Nebraska Science Standards: SC 7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems, SC 12 Weather and Climate, SC 13 Processes that shape the earth