How Fossils Form
3rd grade how fossils form: number five pictures in order, then complete five sentences with a word bank. Answer key included on page 3.
3rd Grade Fossils Worksheets
3rd grade fossil worksheets: how fossils form in layers of rock, kinds of fossils, what fossils tell us about past environments, and matching fossils to living animals.
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Body Fossils and Trace Fossils
3rd grade body fossils and trace fossils: read the definitions, sort ten fossil pictures into two columns and answer two questions. Answer key included.
Reading Rock Layers
3rd grade reading rock layers: use a five-layer diagram to find the oldest and youngest fossil, order all five, and describe how a place changed.
Fossil Clues to Past Environments
3rd grade fossil clues to past environments: four fossil finds, from Utah shark teeth to an Alaskan mammoth, with evidence questions and an answer key.
Fossils and Animals Today
3rd grade fossils and animals today: match six fossils to living relatives, then compare a mammoth with an elephant and a dragonfly. Answer key included.
Fossils Check
3rd grade fossils check: order four steps, mark body or trace fossils, label rock layers and explain a fish fossil on a hill. Answer key included.
Curriculum objectives covered
“Put the steps of fossil formation in order.”
“Use words such as buried, layers and minerals to describe how a fossil forms.”
“Tell body fossils from trace fossils.”
“Explain what a fossil can show about how an animal lived.”
“Give a reason why soft-bodied animals leave few fossils.”
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“Analyze and interpret data for fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.”
“Use the position of rock layers to tell which fossil is oldest.”
“Support a claim about a past place with evidence from the fossil.”
“Match a fossil to the living organism it most resembles.”
“State one likeness and one difference between an extinct animal and a living relative.”
“Put the steps of fossil formation in order and tell body fossils from trace fossils.”
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