1. Fossil Lab

2. Hypothesis Question: –What do these different ‘rocks’ that are millions of years old tell us about the history of life on Earth? Answer: CHANGES –If these fossils are from a time before humans, then we can see the CHANGES of life’s past.

3. Station 1: SHARK TEETH A: Mako B: extinct Mako C:Dusky

4. Station 2 ~ Crinoids! Animals that were at the bottom of the sea. Also known as ‘sea lilies’ Found ALL over Indiana!

5. Petrified Wood Station # 3

6. Trilobite Station # 4

7. Dinosaur Bone! Station # 5 sedimentary but still sedimentary rock!

8. What do trace fossils tell us? What the ENVIRONMENT was like! Leave no TRACE.

9. Trace Fossil ~ Worm Burrow Station # 6

10. Trace Fossil ~ Ripple Marks Station # 7

11. Trace Fossil ~ Mud Cracks Station # 8

12. Horn Coral Station # 9

13. Bivalve/SeaShell Station # 10

14. Station 10. FISH FOSSIL Look for fossils in INDIANA. They are from a marine environment 260 to 300 million years old.

15. Where MOST lab fossils are from.

16. Bonus~Graptolite