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Tennis Shoe Detectives

Grade Level(s):

  • 3-5

Source:

  • Heindel, Sharon

Resource type:

  • Classroom activity

Time: Two 40-minute periods

Overview

Students make observations, examine data, and form hypotheses about a set of footprints and what they can tell us.

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  • [Studying evolution: Grades 3-5] Scientists study fossils and how and when they were formed. (LS4.A)
  • Disciplinary Core Idea LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity

Following this lesson, a class discussion about trace fossils, in particular tracks and trackways, would be very appropriate.