Minerals and Rocks Unit Week 18 Directions 1.Prepare your desk for science. 2.Number science notebook pages 50 – Use voice level 2 (conversation) to look at notebook pg. 52. Discuss this question: What can you tell about the Earth from looking at the different layers?

Targets & Warm Up Targets: Students will understand how fossils tell us more about the Earth. Warm Up: Discuss fossil layers on notebook pg. 52

Sedimentary Layers Puzzle What can you tell about the Earth from looking at the bottom layers? Middle layers? Top layers?

Video Bill Nye: Fossils (23 minutes) ** You will need to answer questions on the question sheet during the movie! **

Table of Contents DateTitlePage Fossils Video53 Once you are finished with the Table of Contents, go to page 53 and add the title and date to the top of the page.

Review Bill Nye Video Questions 1.Where does the word fossil come from and what does the original word mean? 2.What are fossils? 3._____% of living things that have ever lived on earth are extinct. 4.What is one extinct animal found in the La Brea tar pits? 5.The oldest dinosaurs are _____ million years old. 6.How did the wood become a fossil? 7.What can a footprint tell about the animal? 8.How do we know how old fossils are? 9.What types of tools do scientists use to uncover fossils? 10.What was archyopteryx? Why was it important?

Table of Contents DateTitlePage Fossils Textbook Questions54 Once you are finished with the Table of Contents, go to page 54 and add the title and date to the top of the page.

How do rocks tell a story? Read textbook pg and answer these questions in your notebook: 1.What are fossils? 2.What are some examples of fossils? 3.What can scientists learn from studying fossils? List four things they can learn and an example for each one

Targets (Revisited) Students will understand how fossils tell us more about the Earth.

Homework SubjectHomeworkDue Date ScienceNoneWednesday