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Lesson Title:
Fossil Heritage
Review and
informational text
navigation.

Class: Social
Studies
Albertas Fossil
Heritage

Course:
Grade 4/5

Brayden
Haidenger
December 9,
2015

COURSE OUTCOMES
4.1 Alberta: A Sense of the Land
Students will demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of how elements of physical geography,
climate, geology and paleontology are integral to the landscapes and environment of Alberta.

SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
4.1.1 value Albertas physical geography and natural environment:
appreciate the diversity of elements pertaining to geography, climate, geology and
paleontology in Alberta (LPP)
appreciate how Albertas fossil heritage contributes to the provinces unique character
(LPP)
4.1.3 examine, critically, how geology and paleontology contribute to knowledge of Albertas
physical geography by exploring and reflecting upon the following questions and issues:
How did archeologists and paleontologists discover the presence of dinosaurs in Alberta?
(LPP, TCC)
4.1.4 analyze how Albertans interact with their environment by exploring and reflecting upon the
following questions and issues:
In what ways does the Royal Tyrrell Museum contribute to scientific knowledge regarding
Albertas fossil heritage? (ER, LPP, TCC)
How can ownership of a discovered artifact be determined? (C, ER, PADM)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the lesson students will be able to:
1.) Choose answers that are appropriate and on topic for the questions posed by navigating the
text book. (Knowledge)

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

-Text book Voice of Alberta.-enough for students to share (Individual copies would be best)
-Dinosaur Joke Work Sheet.
-Candy as a reward and incentive.

PREPARATION AND LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS

-Have copies of the text book.
-Have work sheets printed off before class- 17 copies.
-Have an answer key prepared. -2 copies.
-Have candy ready for the first two students to complete the worksheet.

PROCEDURE
Introduction
-Welcome students in from recess.
-Ask them to clear off their desks, except for a pencil.
-Hand out textbooks to the students, as you do explain the rules for the game that
they will be playing this class.
They will each get a worksheet that reviews information from the
Albertas Fossil Heritage unit and uses the textbook.
The first two students to fully complete the handout get a candy.
They are to work on their own.
They need to bring their sheet up to a teacher to get it checked for
correctness before they can win.
Body
-Work time for the students to complete their sheet.
-When two winners have been declared the students can complete
their sheets.
-If all students have completed their sheets, or class has become
restless, switch to working on the class Christmas song.
-Back up- Begin working though Chapter Natural Resources
in Your Life taking notes/ reading independently from the
textbook.
Closure
-Thank students for their work.
-Ask them to clean up their desks, floor under their desks, return text books to the front,
And put their chairs away.
-They are to then prepare to leave for the day, and then stand behind their desk.
-They will be excused personally by the teacher based on the cleanness of their work area
And that they are quiet and ready to go.

Time

5 min

Time

50 min

Time

5 min

Assessment
-Formative observational assessment of the students focus and work on
their individual work sheets. Learning Objective 1.
Additional Notes:

Dinosaur Dig
Name:________________
Use the text book to fill in the blanks.
What is the title of the chapter? ____29lbertas Fossil H_____7ritage.

Fo_____28sils are the remains or shapes of ancien_____8 plants and anima_____19s that have turned to
stone.

We can s___9udy them to them to learn abo___30t the plants and a___39imals that no l___27nger exist on
Earth.

What can fossils tell us about the past? They tell us ___1here the dinosaurs ___37ived. They tell us what
types of ___24inosaurs lived h___10re. They tell us ___2ow big the di___26osaurs were. Fossils can ___3lso
give clues about what the ___36and might have been like m___38llions of years a___23o.

Sci___43ntists who s___17udy fossils to learn about very old forms of l___25fe are called
paleon___4olo___40ists.

Over millions of years, water and Albertas ___5trong winds c___18rried away the soil and rock.

Where are most of Albertas fossils found? The ___6adlands.

What is Petrified wood? It is wood that has tu___11ned to stone.

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The Blackfoot called some of the fossils they found iiniss___20imm, or Buffalo Stones.

What is the name of the dinosaur that Tyrrell found in 1884? ___14lbertosau___31us.

What was Barnum Browns nickname? Mr. ___41o___15es.

Something changed in 1978, what was it? Alberta passed a law to protect its foss___21l heritage.

In 1979, Di___22osaur ___37rovincial Park became a World ___13eritage Site.

Who is the Royal Tyrrell Museum named after? Jo___33eph Tyrr___35ll.

We call oil, gas, and co___32l fossil fuels because ___12hey come from the r___42mains of ___16ncient
plants and animals.
Now use the numbers beside the scape to fill in the spaces below.

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33 34 35 36

41 42 43

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