Kids love rocks and fossils! This unit incorporates students using a hand-lens to explore, sort, and classify rocks and fossils. Students experience a hands-on comparison between igneous and sedimentary rocks and their metamorphic rock counter-parts. Students will learn that even though a fossilized organism is long extinct, it may show evidence of the same adaptations as those found in modern plants and animals. All lessons are organized to enable the teacher to maximize contact time with the students and minimize preparation time. A lesson plan timeline averages 40 minutes, but can easily be broken into smaller sessions.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Lesson #1 — Fossils
Lesson #2 — Rock Types
Lesson #3 — Rocks and Fossils
