2/10 Agenda: Bellwork Notes Fossil Lab Materials: Pencil Notebook Agenda Computer DO Students will be able to put together an animal fossil from the past DQ What is the Devonian era known for?
Mystery Bones Mystery Bones Before Bones will be glued here After Information Name: Diet: Size: Location: Age: Other Facts: Before Sketch with tree comparison goes here After Realistic Drawing
Cenozoic Era Tertiary Period 65.5-2.6 mya Birds flourished in the skies as the holdouts of the dinosaur age Grasslands emerge and become the most successful plant on Earth Herds of grazing mammals are seen Kelp evolves, sea otters, & dugongs (related to the elephant) Megalodon appears as the biggest shark of all (15meters long) Two-footed Hominins split from chimpanzees
Dugongs- a marine mammal related to the elephant
Cenozoic Era Quaternary Period 2.6 to present mya “Age of Humans” Whales and sharks rule the seas Massive mammals evolve such as mammoths, rhino and bison with shaggy coats adapted to the ice age Ice ages are the result of the Earth’s wobbly orbit around the sun Summary video