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Fossils & Palaeontologists

CONCEPTUAL
Science›Dinosaurs & Paleontology|Ages 5—7|ID: mt_bKlnc7dyVK

Understand that fossils are the remains of ancient living things preserved in rock, and that scientists called palaeontologists study fossils to learn about dinosaurs

Mastery Evidence

  • Describe a fossil as the remains of a living thing preserved in rock
  • Name the job of a palaeontologist as someone who studies fossils
  • Identify examples of fossils: bones, teeth, footprints in rock

Assessment Prompt

“If [child] found a fossil-shaped rock on a beach or at a museum, could they explain what a fossil is and who studies them?”

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  • Dinosaurs Were Real hard

    Must understand dinosaurs are extinct before learning fossils are how we know about them

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