Assignment: Fossil Record and Geologic Time MS.ESS1C.a Assignment

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4 activities: 4 games

58 min

Activity 1: Question Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

TOWER PUZZLE: Fossil Record

In this game, you will read a collection of facts about rock strata and the fossil record. After reading each fact, you will be required to answer questions about what you read. For every question you get right, you receive an extra life. After completing four questions, you get to play a puzzle game using the lives you earned. There are ten rounds! So do what you can to remember what you learned!

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Teacher Ratings (36) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (5877) 3.4 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Fossils Digger

You will play a volunteer archaeologist searching for fossils. You will receive tools to help with your task, and read books that teach you about various topics related to fossils. After you learn about fossils, you will venture off to three different mines to find fossils. After you find your collection of fossils, you will put them into geological order. Finally, you are tested on your new knowledge with a series of questions.

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Teacher Ratings (50) 3.9 stars.

Student Ratings (8303) 3.5 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 17 min

Mission Expedition

Oh no! All of the data about geologic time periods has been erased! We need to gather information about eons, eras, and periods. Can you help recover it? To do so, you will have to dig through the past and uncover history to put the pieces back together. Make sure you pay attention because there is a quiz at the end!

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Teacher Ratings (64) 3.7 stars.

Student Ratings (12259) 3.1 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 13 min

Dr. Fossil

In this game, you will help Dr. Fossil collect fossils from each layer of the Earth. As you dig up fossils, you will earn money so you can continue excavating. At the end of each layer, you must pass a quiz before you may dig into an older layer of rock. As you dig, you will discover different fossils and relationships about how rock layers are deposited!

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Teacher Ratings (205) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (38033) 3.7 stars.