Unit 2: Earth History Unit EQ: How can you explain the factors that have influenced the changes to Earth over time?
Lesson EQ 1: How do fossils form and show the changes that organisms have made over time?
Fossils Links:
Science Experiment!
Our first experiment this year was on making fossils, using clay and Plaster of Paris! We learned how to make a hypothesis, list our materials and procedures, make observations, and come to a conclusion. It was a lot of fun!
You can click HERE for a website that explains how to do the project (in great detail... ours was not quite so intense!).
Lesson EQ 2: How do fossils show the changes to the environment over time?
What do you think this fossil could tell us about the environment it was in?
Views of Earth's Past - class reading
Earth's Past is Revealed! - photos and outlined notes of the above reading
Getting Into the Fossil Record - class activity
Fossil Webquest
Lesson EQ 3: How do slow processes change the earth's surface?_
Links to Erosion Prevention websites:
Lesson EQ 4:How do fast processes change the earth's surface?
Fast Processes:
Lesson EQ 1: How do fossils form and show the changes that organisms have made over time?
Fossils Links:
- Fossils Prezi
- Fossils BrainPop
- Burying Bodies
- Fossil Record Webquest
- Review
- Practice Identifying Fossils
- Skeleton Jigsaw
- Baryonyx Mystery
- Who Dung It
- Caveman Challenge
- Dinosaur World
- Sea Monsters Adventure
- Fossils Quiz
Science Experiment!
Our first experiment this year was on making fossils, using clay and Plaster of Paris! We learned how to make a hypothesis, list our materials and procedures, make observations, and come to a conclusion. It was a lot of fun!
You can click HERE for a website that explains how to do the project (in great detail... ours was not quite so intense!).
Lesson EQ 2: How do fossils show the changes to the environment over time?
What do you think this fossil could tell us about the environment it was in?
Views of Earth's Past - class reading
Earth's Past is Revealed! - photos and outlined notes of the above reading
Getting Into the Fossil Record - class activity
Fossil Webquest
Lesson EQ 3: How do slow processes change the earth's surface?_
- Weathering and Erosion Web Quest Part One
- Weathering and Erosion Web Quest Part Two
- Weathering and Erosion Web Quest Part Three
- Weathering and Erosion Study Jam
- Physical Weathering Prezi
- Chemical Weathering Prezi
- Erosion Pictures and National Geographic entry
- Erosion Game
Links to Erosion Prevention websites:
Lesson EQ 4:How do fast processes change the earth's surface?
Fast Processes:
- National Geographic - Volcanoes (Link 1 for Webquest)
- When Yellowstone Explodes - Link 2 for Webquest
- US Geologic Survey - Link 3 for WebQuest
- Earthquakes Today
- Video
- Earthquake Study Jams
- Earthquakes for Kids
- Volcanoes 101
- Positive and Negative Effects of Volcanoes
- Weather Whiz Kids
- One Geology
- Volcano Explorer
- Landslides 101
- Landslides: On the Road of Destruction
- Landform Detectives