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Kait Harth
Science
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Curriculum Connections :
Big Idea: Earth and its climate have changed over geological time.
Competencies:
Questioning and predicting
Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest
Identify a question to answer or a problem to solve through scientific inquiry
Planning and conducting
Observe, measure, and record data (qualitative and quantitative), using equipment, including digital technologies, with accuracy
and precision
Ensure that safety and ethical guidelines are followed in their investigations
Processing and analyzing data and information
Experience and interpret the local environment
Evaluating
Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of evidence (qualitative and quantitative)
Communicating
Express and reflect on a variety of experiences and perspectives of place
Content:
The fossil record provides evidence for changes in biodiversity over geological time
Organisms have evolved over time
Core Competency:
Communication- Communicate with group members to extract the fossils
Critical Thinking- Analyze evidence from fossil dig to make predictions about the geological history of Vancouver Island
Learning Intentions
Students learn what a fossil is and how it
is formed
Activity
Fossil Dig
Assessment
Engagement with activity and
presentation
Make predictions
PowerPoint Presentation
Notes Page
Tools:
chisel
hammer
safety goggles
magnifying glass
Lesson Activities:
Student Activities
pacing
5 min
What is a fossil?
1 min
Students listen
1 min
1 min
1 min
2 min
AMMONITE
-sea animals
-appeared in the fossil record about 400 million years
ago.
-Soft bodies
-Shell for protection.
-Modern relatives of the ammonite are octopus and
squid!
5 min
5 min
2 min
5 min
Teacher Activities
Introduction (hook/motivation/lesson overview)
Facilitate fossil dig simulation
CLAMS
- Bivalves 2 shells that open up on a hinge for
feeding and then close for protection.
- 510 million years ago.
GASTROPODS
-stomach foot
-Relatives of snails.
-Single, spiral shell
-first appeared 550 million years ago.
-Later, gastropods with lungs appeared on land.
-Slugs are a shell-less gastropod
Although they are commonly found, these are not the
only kinds of fossils found on Vancouver Island.
Read excerpt from the story of the Courtenay
Elasmosaur discovery
Why are all these types of fossilized sea creatures
found on land?
Ocean covered North America 145-65 million years
ago.
Rock that makes up Vancouver Island originated near
the equator in the pacific ocean. Made up of
underwater lava deposits.
View the Rock Types map of Vancouver island
Show areas made of sedimentary rock.
2 min
3 min
2 min
2 min
References:
Discover with Dr. Cool Science Kit (2012)
Ocean Fossils DOP: 05/12 XMDIG1
Deborah Griffiths- Courtenay Museum (2016)
Heathers Amazing Discovery
Retrieved from: http://www.courtenaymuseum.ca/fun/heathers_discovery/front_cover.htm
Government of British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines (2016)
Rock Types
Retrieved from: http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/MINFILE/ProductsDownloads/PublishingImages/VIGEOLL.GIF
Capital Regional District (2016)
Geological History of Vancouver Island - How & When Was Vancouver Island Formed?
Retrieved from: https://www.crd.bc.ca/education/our-environment/geology-processes/geological-history-vi