Format
This program includes close-up views of various fossils, and students are asked to stand and act out the process of fossilization!
Objectives
• Students will learn that many animals that were alive millions of years ago are now extinct.
• Students will explore the fossil evidence of animals that lived a long time ago.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Please see the Ohio Standards listed.
State Standards
OHIO ACADEMIC LEARNING STANDARDS
Pre-Kindergarten: Inquiry – Science Inquiry and Application
• Explore objects, materials & events in the environment
• Make careful observations
• Pose questions about the physical and natural environment
• Describe, compare, sort, classify and order
• Identify patterns and relationships
• Make inferences, generalizations and explanations based on evidence
Pre-Kindergarten: Life Science – Observation of Living Things
• With modeling and support, identify and explore the relationship between living things and their environments
• With modeling and support, demonstrate knowledge of body parts and bodily processes in humans and other animals
• With modeling and support, recognize similarities and differences between people and other living things
Kindergarten: Life Science – Physical and Behavioral Traits of Living Things
• Living things are different from non-living things
• Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival