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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

In Class Fossil Lab IN THREE STATIONS

USE THE DRAWING PAPER AND MAKE COLOUR AND INK DRAWINGS OF SPECIMENS


Station 1 . Three drawings  
Draw two samples of Sandstone rock and one sample of shale.  Answer the following questions
1.  How is sandstone formed?  Explain how a fossil might be formed in Sandstone
2.  How is shale  formed?  Explain how a fossil can form in shale

Station 2.  Known Fossils 14 drawings . 
A.  COMPARATIVE TEACHING COLLECTION
Draw 7 fossils and also draw their 7 modern day equivilents.  Label the drawings with the descriptions shown

B.  FOSSIL BOX . 
Draw 7 fossils from this box and also draw the organism it came from using an internet search.  Tell me what era it came from as well as its environmental conditions.  for example, if your fossil is a SHARK TOOTH, then the organism it comes from is a SHARK and it's environment is marine.

Station 3.  UNKNOWN FOSSILS 7 drawings
CHOOSE 7 fossils to identify.  Draw them and give evidence that you can identify the fossil using the known fossils.


This fossil lab is due Friday Dec 13