Rocks and Fossils
1. Rock Candy
(One method uses the stove and a stick. The other uses a microwave and a string.) ASSIGNMENT: After completing the project take a picture of yourself with your rock candy project. (It's ok if you do not have crystals formed yet.) |
2. Salt Dough Trace Fossil
ASSIGNMENT: Take a picture of yourself with you "trace fossil." Email me the picture. |
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4. Mini Rock Collection
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5. Virtual Field Trip to the American Museum of Natural History
New York City Find out how scientists discover millions-of-years-old dinosaur fossils in the field, bring them back to the Museum, and study them in the laboratory. In this Google Virtual Field trip, renowned paleontologist Mark Norell leads a behind-the-scenes tour of the Museum Paleo Prep Lab. https://www.amnh.org/explore/videos/kid-science/google-field-trip-dinosaur-fossils-at-the-museum Field Trip Assignment:
1. Watch the virtual field trip. 2. Write 2 paragraphs about the field trip. In the 1st paragraph write about things you learned on the "field trip." In the 2nd paragraph, write about the job of a paleontologist, and also mention the question, asked by a student, which you thought was the most interesting. It may completed on Google docs and "shared" with me or written neatly on loose leaf paper (lined) and emailed. |