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Climate Analysis Using Planktonic Foraminifera

Grade Level(s):

  • 6-8

Source:

  • Olson, Hilary

Resource type:

  • Classroom activity

Time: 40-50 minutes

Overview

Students manipulate, plot, and interpret data on the occurence of a particular species of foraminifera in the fossil record in order to infer changes in climate during the last 160,000 years.

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  • [Evidence of evolution: Grades 6-8] Fossils provide evidence of past life. (LS4.A)
  • [Nature of science: Grades 6-8] Scientists can test ideas about events and processes long past, very distant, and not directly observable.
  • [Studying evolution: Grades 6-8] Scientists use fossils to learn about past life. (LS4.A, ESS1.C)
  • Disciplinary Core Idea LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
  • Disciplinary Core Idea ESS1.C: The History of Planet Earth
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