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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Fossil Blogs

http://rockinscienceblog.wordpress.com/about/fossils/

http://teachinghappilyeverafter.blogspot.com/2011/03/dinosaur-unit-making-salt-dough-fossils.html

http://community.weareteachers.com/t5/WeAreTeachers-Blog/Digging-Fossils-Dinosaurs-amp-Paleontology-in-the-Classroom/ba-p/13213

Fossil Facts

http://www.fossils-facts-and-finds.com/

Great Site - Tons of useful information

PowerPoint Sites

http://www.freeclubweb.com/powerpoints/science/fossils.html

This is a great site full of different PowerPoints on Fossils!

Owl Pellet Dissection

http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/flash/v4/index.htm

Students can dissect the owl pellet and then reassemble the creature the owl ate on the picture provided on the site. A different twist to digging up bones!

Game - Making Fossils

http://www.abc.net.au/beasts/fossilfun/makingfossils/default.htm

This is a great website that allows students to play a game about how fossils are formed.

Bill Nye - Fossil Video


Great video on Fossils by Bill Nye - the science guy!