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Ask Fossil # 1

Directions: Study the following picture. Use the websites to answer the questions about this fossil.

Picture # 1:

1. What kind of fossil are you? 2. How were you formed? How did it feel to become

fossilized? 3. What conditions made it possible for you to be fossilized? 4. How are you a “window into the past?” 5. What can you tell me about your environment? 6. How did you change during your lifetime? Are you still on

Earth today? Why or why not? 7. What kind of information could scientists find out by

studying you? Websites to search for information: http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/preservationlab.php http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/index.html http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html

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Ask Fossil # 2

Directions: Study the following picture. Use the websites to answer the questions about this fossil.

Picture # 2:

1. What kind of fossil are you? 2. How were you formed? How did it feel to become

fossilized? 3. What conditions made it possible for you to be fossilized? 4. How are you a “window into the past?” 5. What can you tell me about your environment? 6. How did you change during your lifetime? Are you still on

Earth today? Why or why not? 7. What kind of information could scientists find out by

studying you? Websites to search for information: http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/preservationlab.php http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/index.html http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html

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Ask Fossil # 3

Directions: Study the following picture. Use the websites to answer the questions about this fossil.

Picture #3

1. What kind of fossil are you? 2. How were you formed? How did it feel to become

fossilized? 3. What conditions made it possible for you to be fossilized? 4. How are you a “window into the past?” 5. What can you tell me about your environment? 6. How did you change during your lifetime? Are you still on

Earth today? Why or why not? 7. What kind of information could scientists find out by

studying you? Websites to search for information: http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/preservationlab.php http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/index.html http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html

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Ask Fossil # 4

Directions: Study the following picture. Use the websites to answer the questions about this fossil.

Picture #4

1. What kind of fossil are you? 2. How were you formed? How did it feel to become

fossilized? 3. What conditions made it possible for you to be fossilized? 4. How are you a “window into the past?” 5. What can you tell me about your environment? 6. How did you change during your lifetime? Are you still on

Earth today? Why or why not? 7. What kind of information could scientists find out by

studying you? Websites to search for information: http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/preservationlab.php http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/index.html http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html

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Ask Fossil # 5

Directions: Study the following picture. Use the websites to answer the questions about this fossil.

Picture #5

1. What kind of fossil are you? 2. How were you formed? How did it feel to become

fossilized? 3. What conditions made it possible for you to be fossilized? 4. How are you a “window into the past?” 5. What can you tell me about your environment? 6. How did you change during your lifetime? Are you still on

Earth today? Why or why not? 7. What kind of information could scientists find out by

studying you? Websites to search for information: http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/preservationlab.php http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/index.html http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html

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EXPLORE, Part 1 Station Cards

Ask Fossil # 6

Directions: Study the following picture. Use the websites to answer the questions about this fossil.

Picture #6

1. What kind of fossil are you? 2. How were you formed? How did it feel to become

fossilized? 3. What conditions made it possible for you to be fossilized? 4. How are you a “window into the past?” 5. What can you tell me about your environment? 6. How did you change during your lifetime? Are you still on

Earth today? Why or why not? 7. What kind of information could scientists find out by

studying you? Websites to search for information: http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/preservationlab.php http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/index.html http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html

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Ask Fossil # 7

Directions: Study the following picture. Use the websites to answer the questions about this fossil.

Picture #7

1. What kind of fossil are you? 2. How were you formed? How did it feel to become

fossilized? 3. What conditions made it possible for you to be fossilized? 4. How are you a “window into the past?” 5. What can you tell me about your environment? 6. How did you change during your lifetime? Are you still on

Earth today? Why or why not? 7. What kind of information could scientists find out by

studying you? Websites to search for information: http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/preservationlab.php http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/index.html http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html

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Ask Fossil # 8

Directions: Study the following picture. Use the websites to answer the questions about this fossil.

Picture #8

1. What kind of fossil are you? 2. How were you formed? How did it feel to become

fossilized? 3. What conditions made it possible for you to be fossilized? 4. How are you a “window into the past?” 5. What can you tell me about your environment? 6. How did you change during your lifetime? Are you still on

Earth today? Why or why not? 7. What kind of information could scientists find out by

studying you? Websites to search for information: http://www.gpc.edu/~pgore/geology/historical_lab/preservationlab.php http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/paleo/fossils/index.html http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html