Fossil Activity

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1st - 4th

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Science, Archaeology, Earth Sciences

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PowerPoint Presentations, Printables, Lesson

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NGSS3-LS4-1

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My students absolutely loved doing this and it helped them to understand the concept of what it's like to be a paleontologist.

— Lauren M.

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My 3rd graders absolutely loved this activity. We spent the week talking about fossils and finished up our learning experience with this lab. It was a great activity for them.

— Samantha F.

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In this hands-on fossil activity, your students go beyond worksheets for second grade science. Instead, they can become paleontologists for the day! This fun fossil lesson is a great introduction to how fossils are discovered.

Cookie Dig Fossil Activity – Students Become Paleontologists

With this fossil activity, you'll leave behind the boring worksheets for second grade science! Each student will receive a chocolate chip cookie. They’ll use toothpicks and paintbrushes as "tools" to become paleontologists extracting each "fossil" from the cookie. As a real scientist, they'll also take through notes of their observations.

This Product Includes:

✅ Lesson Plan

✅ PowerPoint Slides to guide lesson

✅ Cloze Passage with fossil vocabulary

✅ Includes reading, vocabulary, math and writing work

✅ Color vocabulary cards for your fossils bulletin board or science word wall

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Keywords: worksheets for second grade science, second grade science activities, fossil lesson, fossil activity

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NGSS3-LS4-1

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. Examples of data could include type, size, and distributions of fossil organisms. Examples of fossils and environments could include marine fossils found on dry land, tropical plant fossils found in Arctic areas, and fossils of extinct organisms. Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages.

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