STATION1:TYPESOFFOSSILS

1. Lookoverthedifferenttypesoffossilsinthediagrambelow.Writedownafewtypesof
fossilsintheExamplesboxonyourNerdWordssheet.

2. Trytoidentifywhattypeoffossileachofthefossilsareatthestation.Thenopenthe
envelopetocheckyouranswers!

STATION2:FOSSILPROFILE
TopreparefortheMEALparagraphonyourquiz,studytheimagebelow.Thendiscussthe
questionsthatfollowwithyourgroupmembers.

1.Wherearetheoldestfossils?theyoungest?Howdoyouknow?

2.Basedontheoldfossils,whattypeofenvironmentdoyouthinkwasatthissitealongtimeago?
Howdidtheenvironmentchangeovertime?

3.Didanyorganismsgoextinct?Howdoyouknow?

4.WhatdoyouthinkhappenedatlayerC?atlayerE?

5.IntheDrawboxonyourNerdWordssheet,drawapicturethatillustrateshowwecanusethe
lawofsuperpositiontodatefossils.

STATION3:ORDERINGFOSSILS
Introduction:
Youhavereceived9fossilsamplesatyourlabandyouneedtoputtheminorderfromoldestto
youngest.Thesampleshavegottenmixedup,andallbuttheoldestandyoungestsamplesareno
longerlabeled.UsethecluesbelowtoputthesamplesinorderfromOLDESTtoYOUNGEST.

Clues:
Sample2istheoldestsample
Sample6istheyoungestsample
Whenanorganismgoesextinct,itdisappearsfromthefossilrecord

Directions:
1. LineupthefossilsamplesfromOLDESTtoYOUNGEST

2. Checktoseeifyouarerightbyaskingyourteacherfortheanswerkey.

3. IntheSentenceboxonyourNerdWordssheet,writeasentencedescribingyourstrategy
forputtingthefossilsamplesinorder.