Students will be able to:
use information from textbooks, hands-on activities, virtual labs and classroom discussions to
-explain how fossils are used to show evidence of changes in plants and animals over long periods of time.
-describe several processes of fossil formation and a possible scenario for each type of preservation.
-summarize the conditions needed for fossils to form.
Students did an FCAT transparency for their do now.
Students reviewed home learning on fossils.
Students spent the remainder of the period completing notes form Discovery Learning on geologic time. If you were absent, you can complete the activity at home by going to Discovery Learning sign in for students, and entering your user name and password
username=miami_youridnumber
password=youridnumber_miami
Click on the third tab and find the link for geologic time. (3nd link on the page). Click the link to review the information for the activity. Complete the page and paste it into your notebook as notes. Don't forget to write the questions in the left hand column of your Cornell notes. Place the answers in the notes section of your Cornell notes. Also, summarize the notes, using one sentence to summarize the major occurrences for each line. Use your highlighter to highlight the answers and the questions in the same colors.