Geologic Time Scale NGSS MS-LS4-1 Fossil Evidence History of Life Digital

This NO PREP, engaging activity will save you time and teach your students NGSS Performance Expectations LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity! This 90+ minute lesson is Google Ready too!

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Students do the following:

1. Use background knowledge and attempt to answer 4 questions about fossils (10 minutes)

2. Do Part 1 and Part 2: Two videos with questions and Close Reading with a Google Form (30 minutes)

3. Watch a 33 minute video and answer guided questions for Part 3. (35 minutes)

4. Correctly answer the original questions in Part 4. (20 minutes)

5. Take a 15 question assessment (15 minutes)

This product Includes the following:

-Editable Google Slideshow for classroom management, teacher pacing and student instructions

-Close Reading embedded in a Google Form that assess Students on whether they read or not.

-Keys

-Detailed Teacher Notes

-3 videos with guided questions

-Assessments

This resource has the following NGSS Standards:

NGSS Performance Expectations (PE):

Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity- Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past. MS-LS4-1

NGSS Disciplinary Core Ides (DCI):

LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity -The collection of fossils and their placement in chronological order (e.g., through the location of the sedimentary layers in which they are found or through radioactive dating) is known as the fossil record. It documents the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of many life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. (MS-LS4-1)

NGSS Cross Cutting Concepts (CCC):

Patterns: Patterns can be used to identify cause and effect relationships. (MS-LS4-2). Graphs, charts, and images can be used to identify patterns in data. (MS-LS4-1), (MS-LS4-3)

Cause and Effect: Phenomena may have more than one cause, and some cause and effect relationships in systems can only be described using probability. (MS-LS4-4), (MS-LS4-5), (MS-LS4-6)

This resource has the following concepts:

Geologic Time

Law of Superposition

Absolute & Relative Dating

Fossils

Fossilization

Fossil Record

Index Fossils

Body Fossils

Trace Fossils

Sedimentary Layers

Unconformity Structure and Function

Patterns

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