Free Lesson: Assignment - Playlist - Fossil Hunter - Free Educational Games

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Time Stacker: Unearth the Past (Mid)

Watch the Earth move before your very eyes! You will learn about fossil records, geologic events, and dating! You will watch rock layers build and geologic events happen. With the information from the lesson, answer questions about fossils and rock layers. When you find the hidden letters, they will unscramble to a secret word or phrase!

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Teacher Ratings (196) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (26692) 3.3 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 18 min

Fossil Hunter

Finally, the day has arrived for your very first archeological dig! You need to help Ellie find fossils and return them to their proper place in the Geologic Time Scale! You will quickly discover you have a lot to learn as you start your fieldwork. Advance through the training sites to score energy points that you can use to assist you in digging up valuable fossils. Are you ready to dig in?

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Teacher Ratings (119) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (19310) 3.4 stars.

Activity 3: Question Game. Estimated duration: 24 min

Layered History - Through rocks and time

You will be challenged to test your knowledge of geological time periods and the species that lived in them. You will play a variety of mini-games to unlock different layers of rock strata, where each game discusses a concept of geologic time. The mini-games range from skeleton puzzles, rock strata dating, memory, and placing fossils into their environment.

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Teacher Ratings (52) 4.1 stars.

Student Ratings (4277) 3.6 stars.