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What Story is in the Rocks?

Engage students with marine fossils from Bear Paw Shale Formation to investigate ecosystems. Inquiry-based lesson using fossils to explore organism-environment connections. Aligns with Illinois Learning Standards.

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What Story is in the Rocks?

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  1. What Story is in the Rocks? Catherine Tanner, STFI Fellow, July 2008 Catherine Tanner Pershing East Magnet School Project Exploration- Science Teacher Field Institute 2008 www.projectexploration.org

  2. Project Goals Topic: Using Fossils to Understand Ecosystems Description: In this inquiry-based lesson plan unit, students will use the Marine Fossils from the Bear Paw Shale Formation, (found at the “Lost in Time” Ranch, Montana) to guide their inquiry about organisms and their connection to their environment. The students will use their questions, gained from examining the fossil artifact, to guide research projects. They will use print and non-print resources to help them answer their questions.

  3. Illinois Learning Standards • STATE GOAL 12: Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences. • E. Know and apply concepts that describe the features and processes of the Earth and its resources. • 12.E.4b Describe how rock sequences and fossil remains are used to interpret the age and changes in the Earth.

  4. Questions Lead to More Questions Bear Paw Shale Formation, MT

  5. What Questions can you ask this Rock? Bear Paw Shale Formation, MT

  6. What Questions can you ask this Fossil? Bear Paw Shale Formation, MT

  7. What Questions can you ask this Fossil? Bear Paw Shale Formation, MT

  8. What Questions can you ask this Fossil? Bear Paw Shale Formation, MT

  9. What Questions can you ask these Fossils? Marine Fossils, Bear Paw Shale Formation, MT

  10. What Questions can you ask this Fossil? Marine Fossil, Bear Paw Shale , MT

  11. What Questions can you ask this Fossil? Marine Fossil, Bear Paw Shale , MT

  12. Montana Geology

  13. Marine Ecosystems Island Estuaries Deep Sea Mussels

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