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Overview:
This web-based module provides students with a basic understanding of how fossils can be used to interpret the past.Author/Source:
UC Museum of Paleontology Grade level:
6-8 Time:
One to two class periods. Concepts:
Correspondence to the Next Generation Science Standards is indicated in parentheses after each relevant concept. See our conceptual framework for details. - Present-day life forms are descended from past life forms; all life is related. (LS4.A)
- Geological change and biological evolution are linked.
- Most species that once lived on Earth have gone extinct. (LS4.A)
- The patterns of life's diversity through time provide evidence of evolution. (LS4.A)
- An organism's features reflect its evolutionary history.
- Fossils provide evidence of past life. (LS4.A)
- The fossil record contains organisms with transitional features.
- Scientists use anatomical features to infer the relatedness of taxa. (LS4.A)
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