Fossils Tell Of Long Ago

FOSSILS TELL OF LONG AGO

Books in this lesson:

FOSSIL

Author: Claire Ewart
Illustrator: Claire Ewart
Publisher: Walker Books for Young Readers
Year: 2004

A girl finds a fossil buried in the sand, which takes her imagination back in time to the life of a prehistoric pterosaur, Ornithocheirus. Watercolor illustrations and poetic text give readers an idea of how this ancient creature may have lived, died, and became fossilized over time.

FOSSILS TELL OF LONG AGO

Author: Aliki
Illustrator: Aliki
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 1990

Beginning with a description of how a prehistoric fish becomes fossilized, this book explains the process of fossilization and how scientists today learn about past life based on the fossils they find buried on earth today.

Storytime Video

DIGGING UP DINOSAURS

This video, available on Discovery Education, is based on the children's book written by Aliki. It is located in the Reading Rainbow episode, "Digging Up Dinosaurs".

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How do we know what dinosaurs looked like? Or our ape-like ancestors? Well, as Tim and Moby will show you in this BrainPOP movie, the answer lies in the fossil record!

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NEWSELA for BrainPOP

In surprise discovery, scientists find dinosaur's soft tissue
By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff
02.08.17

All About Fossils

Running Time: 21 min 23 sec

Young viewers will learn answers to many questions in All About Fossils, a lively look at the evidence of things that lived a long time ago.
Copyright 2000, part of Earth Science for Children

"Fossils" Content Collection

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How are Dinosaur Fossils Discovered and Collected?

Learn about how paleontologists conduct short field trips and longer expeditions to regions around the world where fossils are likely to be found. (American Museum of Natural History Video segment running time 1:54, articles)

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Dinosaur Exhibit Field Trip

Penny and the KidVision VPK Kids experience the Dinosaurs In Motion exhibit! They go head to head with Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus Rex, dig for fossils, create a dinosaur skeleton, and see life-size dinosaurs in action. It’s a roaring good time!
Video Running time 7:50