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FOSSILS TELL OF LONG AGO
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Books in this lesson:​

FOSSIL

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



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​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

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

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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. 

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Storytime Video

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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".

You will need a Discovery Education username and password to access these resources.  See your METI for assistance if you need to set up an account.
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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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​Kids Infobits has curated these
​resources for "fossils"
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                                                      NEWSELA for BrainPOP

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



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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
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"Fossils" Content Collection
Discovery Education has curated images, videos, instructional strategies, and lesson plans for FOSSILS.  You will need a Discovery Education username and password to access these resources.  See your METI for assistance if you need to set up an account.
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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

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Articles about various types of fossils and dinosaurs.
DK Find Out can be accessed through MackinVia Databases. 

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Types of Fossils

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Trace Fossils

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How a Fossil Forms

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​CONSTRUCT-A-SAURUS
BrainPOP Game Up! Interactive Game

Use the lab to construct your own dinosaur. Then, unleash it into the wild and lead it home!

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