TEKS 3.12D: Fossils as Evidence
Identify Fossils
About this lesson
Learning Target: I can identify fossils and use them to explain how the environment has changed over time.
Focuses On:
- Different types of fossils
- Fossils as evidence of the past
Builds On:
This is the first time that students are introduced to fossils as evidence of the past.
Next Level:
4.12C:
identify and describe past environments based on fossil evidence, including common Texas fossils
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This lesson is designed to support students' understanding of the various types of fossils and how they provide evidence about an organism's and environment's past.
The lesson begins with an in-depth introduction to various types of fossils, including trace fossils, fossils of hard parts, and fossils from land and sea environments. It goes on to explain how these fossils indicate what past environments were like; for example, finding a sea fossil in a dry area suggests the land was once underwater.
The lesson supports a more in-depth learning of this topic in standard 4.12C.
Grade 3ScienceTEKS 3.12D