Earth Science Unit 3 Day 4

Objective: Learn about the history of Earth (based on evidence) by analyzing and interpreting an article about fossils.

Questions:

1. What was the article you starting reading yesterday about?
2. What does your article say about the history of Earth?
3. What will be the most difficult part of our learning objective for today (above) for you? Explain your thoughts using a because statement.

MINILesson: Causes of Land Mass Changes -- Ice and Water

Activity: Fossil Article Day 2 

Instructions

1. Highlight and define (in the margins) 5 key terms. These may or may not be science terms, but are important in order to understand the article.
2. Highlight 5 sentences in the article and respond to them  in the margins using the following sentence starter--In other words,...
3. Highlight 3 sentences or sections that answer our focus question--What do fossils tell us about the history of Earth. Respond to your highlights in the margins using the following sentence starter--This section/sentence shows...