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8th grade archaeology activities under $5
Types of Fossils Activity
Different types of fossils. True form, cast, mold, and trace fossils. Students will replicate each type of fossil and glue it to the handout.
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1st - 10th
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Fossil and Rock Layer Art Project - Science and Art Lesson - Earth Science
TOP SELLING LESSON! This lesson mixes art with science to teach students about fossils, different eras in time and archaeology. This Google Slide presentation has everything you need to start creating. This lesson teaches about:ShapeLineSpaceEarth Science FossilsTime Eras Drawing with basic shapes This lesson is great for:Elementary art teachersMiddle school art teachersGeneral education teachers looking to add more art to their curriculumHomeschooling familiesThis lesson includes: Google Slid
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3rd - 10th
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Also included in: Science and Art Fossil Bundle
Dinosaurs Printable Full-Page Outline / Template / Coloring Sheet for ALL Grades
This is a pack of 20 BLANK (black and white) hand-drawn dinosaurs. They are full-page printable worksheets that can be used for hundreds of ideas in your classroom, across all grades and subjects! The animals are drawn realistically, rather than in a cartoon fashion.
Also included is a table of contents with information on the dinosaur's approximate age, type, diet (carnivore, herbivore, omnivore), and average size (height and/or length).
These would be fun and meaningful activities to incor
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PreK - 8th
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Geologic Time WebQuest | Earth Science, History of the Earth
Berkeley has a really nice interactive website about Geologic Time. This WebQuest walks students through the interactive in Part I, and in Part II, they get to research a dinosaur of their choice. This usually took my students one class period (40ish minutes). I used it in my 7th grade Earth Science class (I no longer teach 7th grade).The document is in Word, so feel free to modify it as needed for your class.*******WARNING: WEBSITES CHANGE ALL THE TIME. This is out of my control, and sometimes
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: The BIG Middle School Earth Science Bundle!
Determing Relative Age of Rock Layers: An Investigative Approach
In this activity students get a chance to apply their knowledge and understanding of paleontology to determine the relative age of rock layers and what types of conditions existed to produce them, as well as conceptualizing the use of index fossils to gleam information about Earth's geologic history.
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5th - 10th
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Maya Calendar Pack
A digital download of the materials required for both making and learning how to read the 52 Maya calendar round. Includes a template of the calendar, with 5 separate rings to cut out, information on how to use it and a quiz.A great teaching aid in understanding how the Maya calendar works. The template can be printed for each child and they can make their own calendar to keep!Consists of 4 A4 sheets.
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Relative Age and Index Fossils - Digital Interactive Activity
This is an interactive digital activity designed to reinforce the ideas of relative age, the Law of Superposition, and index fossils. Students will physically rearrange and analyze several outcrops to determine the relative age of rock layers and fossils. It is a great activity for distance learning and can be easily used with online learning platforms such as Google Classroom!
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5th - 12th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
Human Evolution: Walking Upright, Early Tools and Ancestors
In this product I have a 10 page (5 page printed duplex) worksheet on human evolution and adaptation. I use it specifically in conjunction with a website created by the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History which can be found here. This product walks students through our evolutionary history and common ancestors. It can be used without the website as a stand-alone worksheet with a different type of reading on the topic. I also included a second version that has dedicated writing lines for each e
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: Adaptations & Evolution Bundle
A Geologic Time Scale Earth History PowerPoint and Printable Activities
Earth History: Geologic Time Scale PowerPoint. A summary of the eras in Earth's geologic history with slides on the various time periods of planet Earth. Precambrian Eon: Azoic (Hadean and Archean), Proterozoic Eras; and the Phanerozoic Eon: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, and Neozoic Eras.Each era is also divided into periods and epochs: Paleozoic: Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian, and Permian Mesozoic: Triassic, Jurassic, and CretaceousCenozoic: Paleocene,
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5th - 8th
Pangea (Pangaea) and FOSSILS: Come Explore and Answer HOW WE KNOW!
Kids know about Pangaea but do they know WHY WE THINK PANGAEA ONCE EXISTED? Probably not! Everyone knows about the puzzle fit but is that really enough scientific evidence? No way. In this activity, come explore the relationship between Pangaea and index fossils.
This activity is a portion of the larger fossil tutorial/matching/identification LAB posted on TPT.
FULL VERSION CLICK HERE
Students begin with a tutorial on fossil terminology (definitions and images): cast fossils, mold fossil
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3rd - 9th
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Bill Nye the Science Guy - Fossils
Includes 3 different handouts with answer keys to accompany the Bill Nye the Science Guy video for Fossils. The handouts include 2 fill-in-the-blanks (same questions, but 1 includes a word bank) and a fill-in-the-blank for the song at the end! You can use any of the handouts to fit your needs including just singing the song at the end without filling in the blanks! The questions are in order so they do not have to worry about searching all over the page to complete it all.
The videos can be p
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Paleontology / Geologic Time Scale: Crossword Puzzle
This traditional crossword puzzle is designed to assess students understanding, as well as reinforce concepts. Paleontology/ Geologic Time Scale covered topics include: relative age, absolute age,Eras, Periods, fossil types, etc. This worksheet serves as a companion with the other Paleontology / Geologic Time Scale content products available at the Kool School store.
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6th - 12th
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Law of Superposition Practice CER - NO PREP
Looking for a way to assess your students understanding of the law of superposition and rock strata? Look no further! This practice CER is perfect for you!Included:Background Information about 4 speciesDiagram (illustration) of four different rock layers with fossils insideCER QuestionAnswer KeyInformationThe CER question asks students to identify the correct chronological order of the species using their knowledge of rock layers, geologic time, and the law of superposition.As always, any feedba
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
Also included in: 8th Grade Science Practice CER BUNDLE - NO PREP
Back to School Archaeology Lesson Plan - Beginning of the Year Social Studies
Let your students pretend to be archaeologists and conduct a dig in their classroom in this back to school activity, or whenever you want to introduce them to the field of archaeology. Students will analyze artifacts and record their observations, then do a follow-up writing task. This activity will help your students develop their information writing, critical thinking, and vocabulary skills. ✓ Please note: * This resource is included in a money-saving Back to School Bundle, which you can fin
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5th - 8th
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Roman Architecture Using Google Earth
This is an activity that allows students to "fly to" Rome using Google Earth and examine 3 major structures as if they were archaeologists. The three structures are the Pantheon, the Colosseum, and the Thermae (Baths) of Caracalla. This resource contains a 2-paged student activity sheet and a third page with possible responses/answers. There are also two websites listed at the bottom of the student sheet that students can use to find out more about the 3 structures when they have completed th
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5th - 8th
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Bring in a Bag of Artifacts! Students learn about archaeology and each other!
This is a half-page handout that gives directions for a fun activity that allows students to learn about each other while broadening their understanding of how archaeologists use artifacts to uncover clues about early human life.The handout summarizes the role of an archaeologist, defines artifacts, and describes the activity. Students are asked to fill a paper bag with 3-5 items from home that will give the class clues about their lives. They bring in the filled bag the next day, and their cl
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3rd - 8th
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Relative Dating and the Principle of Superposition Fossil Activity NGSS* Aligned
This fossil activity will have your students collecting information about fossil layers on the first day and then using the fossils to place the layers in chronological order. I have typically used this lesson after I have introduced fossils and the principle of superposition. I have included a few ideas of what I use for those introduction activities for you in addition to the fossil activity. This fossil activity has really helped my students to better understand how relative dating and the
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-1
Dig! Archaeology at Work Resource Bundle
How to archaeologists and other history professionals investigate the ancient past?
Use the Archaeology at Work Resource Bundle to answer this question and engage your students in their Year 7 study of investigating the past.
Australian Curriculum Link: ACDSEH001
This resource is delivered as a PDF in A4 size.
So, what's included?
✓ Dozens of ideas to introduce the unit, dig a little deeper and get creative with it!
✓ Engaging 800-word article entitled A Day in My Life on an Egyptian Exca
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6th - 8th
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Beginning of Course Activity: Alien Archeology
Students will pretend to be Alien Archeologists from the future, who are examining the remains of an ancient civilization (aka: the classroom). Students will use the provided worksheet to lead them in filling out with their observations and to draw conclusions about their fellow students and the teacher. Then, the students will complete "part 2," taking their observations and applying them to what it means to be a historian.
This lesson will prepare students for a conversation about:
- What is
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6th - 12th
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Cell Phone Cladograms
Introduce cladograms with something that almost every student has, cell phones! Trace the evolution of cell phones with the 10 cell phone picture/information cards.
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3 differentiated versions of the data table:
- Completed data table
- Data table with only the categories and cell phones identified, perfect if you want students to complete the data table
- Completed data table with important information highlighted
4 differentiated versions of the cladogram:
- Completed cla
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Fossils Scavenger Hunt
A fun student centered activity where students go on a scavenger hunt to answer a questionnaire. They will have to locate clue cards hidden around the room, read the clue cards and decide what information can be used to answer questions. Not only will they have to decide what information to use, but the information they don't use is still read and absorbed by the students, allowing them to learn even more about the topic than just what is on their questionnaires.
Other Activities:
* Electricit
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3rd - 12th
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Prehistory - Archaeology (How Do We Know What We Know?)
Students will rotate through stations with what might appear at first glance to be random artifacts. Each station has story behind it that connects the items to a story. For example, one is from a teenage sleepover where they were playing video games all night, drank a lot of soda and made a mess. You can set this simulation up in your classroom and have students rotate through each area, or, you can buy some paint sticks and string, and set up archaeological “dig sites” outside (see pic below).
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6th - 12th
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Calculating Height Forensic Anthropology Worksheet or Lab
Great addition to your Forensic Anthropology Unit. Students either use given measurements or measure in-class models if you have them of the human arm and leg bones to calculate the height of the person that once used those bones. Calculation chart give students a formula for calculating the height in centimeters -- then walks them through converting that height to inches and feet and inches. Successfully used with 7th & 8th graders in my CSI exploratory course. Answer key included for th
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6th - 12th
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Fossils Vocabulary Matching
Fossils Assessment
Fossils Comprehension
Fossils Vocabulary
A no-prep easy vocabulary matching assessment about important vocabulary words I will teach during my fossils unit. My students love them this year and it keeps them engaged, yet productive!
Vocabulary words included:
amber
cast
era
evidence
extinct
fossil
fossil fuel
fossil record
geologic timescale
imprint
mineral
mold
paleontologist
petrification
preserve
reproduce
*Please download the preview for a view of the act
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3rd - 8th
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Also included in: Fossils Unit: Games, Activities, & Assessments bundle
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