Fossil Unit Final Assessment

Day 1: Students will write about the discovery of the animal and what they believe
it is based on the evidence. It will be written as a lab write up.
Day 2: Students will create a collection of fossils from an extinct animal that they
discovered. The collection will be able to tell viewers what food they may have
eaten, how they traveled, what the environment was like, and what classification
the animal fell in.
Day 3: Students will display their fossils in a gallery walk. Each student will spend 5
minutes at each fossil site to analyze the evidence left behind. They will then
write down what they believe is to be true about the animal on the slip of paper at
the site and then will drop it into a bucket. Students will visit each fossil site.
Day 3 (during math): Students will then go to their fossil sites, empty the buckets
and begin to make charts for each category on the slip of paper to record the data
collected.
Day 4: Students will get into groups based on the classification of their animal.
Once in their new groups, students will share their data.
Questions to talk about at this time:
Did classmates guess a different kind of animal? Why might this be?
What could you have done to make it more distinct?
What is similar/different between the fossils in the group?

After discussions, students will turn in their work.

Students will be able to take work home and share it with family members.
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Content 0 1 2 3 4
Fossil No Fossil had Fossil had Fossil had Fossil was
displaying evidence very little some detail details but detailed
what the detail. but was it was hard and
animal ate Could not hard to to tell what portrayed
tell what analyze. the fossils evidence
the fossil evidence for the
was. was. viewers.
Fossil No Fossil had Fossil had Fossil had Fossil was
displaying evidence very little some detail details but detailed
how the detail. but was it was hard and
animal Could not hard to to tell what portrayed
traveled tell what analyze. the fossils evidence
the fossil evidence for the
was. was. viewers.
Fossil No Fossil had Fossil had Fossil had Fossil was
displaying evidence very little some detail details but detailed
what the detail. but was it was hard and
environmen Could not hard to to tell what portrayed
t was like tell what analyze. the fossils evidence
the fossil evidence for the
was. was. viewers.
Fossil No Fossil had Fossil had Fossil had Fossil was
displaying evidence very little some detail details but detailed
what detail. but was it was hard and
classificatio Could not hard to to tell what portrayed
n the tell what analyze. the fossils evidence
animal falls the fossil evidence for the
under was. was. viewers.
Scientific No Little to no Little detail More Provided
write up of evidence details and with 1-2 detailed specific
the animal lacked pieces of with 3 details and
discovered evidence evidence. pieces of portrayed
from their evidence. each piece
fossils. of
evidence.
Charts No Charts were Charts with Labeled Clearly &
displaying evidence hard to more than charts with correctly
collected read. Had a 2 mistakes. few/minor labeled
data chart for Had a chart mistakes. charts
only one with 2 Had a chart portraying
category. categories. for 3 data from
categories. gathered
results. Had
a chart for
each
category.
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Participatio No Did not stay Was on task Stayed on Actively

n: during evidence on task during task during participated
gallery walk during some of the gallery and stayed
and group gallery gallery walk. Got on task.
talk walk. Did work/group off topic Worked well
not engage talk but had during with
with to be partner partners.
partner in redirected talk.
group talk. at times.
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