Finding a Good Place for Fossils
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Grades: 3 - 8

Video Description: Where are good places to find fossils? Watch this video and find out.

Type of Video: Segment*
Unique Video ID: Geology-5**

Quick Ideas for Using the Video:

  • Before viewing the video talk with your students about geography and ensure they understand the meaning. After discussing the term “geography” lead a discussion based on the question “How does geography relate to fossils and why is geography important to digging locating and digging for artifacts?”
  • Before viewing the video give students the opportunity to locate the definitions for the following terms: geography, topography, stratigraphy. While watching the video allow students to compare their definitions with the ones discussed in the segment and follow-up with a class discussion about the importance of these terms in reference to locating and digging for fossils.

 

*Segment videos are short excerpts edited from interviews or interactive programs that offer flexible and differentiated ways to use the rich content included in the full-length conversation.

**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.

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