Lesson 73 of 84 · Earth Materials

Simulation⭐ 30 XP🌋 Rock Realm

How Fossils Form (Part 3)

🧪Lab Brief #73

Earth Materials.

🎯 Your mission

Run the sim. Spot the pattern.

⚡ The twist

Today's mountain was yesterday's ocean floor.

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Mind = Blown

🌋 There are 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth right now.

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Make a hypothesis first

Guess: where will the water go first?

What You'll Learn

Fossils are imprints or remains of living things from long ago, found in rocks.

Key Words

rock
soil
mineral

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read the introduction. What is this lesson about?

Step 2 — Do

Make a mini water cycle: put warm water in a bowl, cover it with plastic wrap, and place an ice cube on top. Watch what happens.

Step 3 — Observe

Look for something that changed. What is it?

Step 4 — Record

Circle the correct answer on your worksheet.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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Where can you find fossils?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

This is shaping the ground you walk on, slowly, every single day.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find a rock outside and try to guess how old it is.

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For the dinner table

“What's the slowest change you can think of?”

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