The 21 plastic fossils and detailed Laboratory Manual in this kit will let your students become practicing paleontologists. Kit conveys importance of fossil study to investigations in geology, history, mapping, and stratigraphic correlation. Grades 7-12.
15 fossil specimens represent geologic time from the Paleocene to the Recent. Some of these life forms date back 60 million years and are the forerunners of modern mammals. Grades 7-12.
This concise introduction to the life of the past as revealed through fossils, is an invaluable and enjoyable guide which includes:
Descriptions of the typical plants and animals of major geological eras
Maps showing where fossils can be found
The history of the development of life on earth
Full-color illustrations
Life of the past as revealed through fossils. 481 illustrations.
36" x 24" full color laminated poster.
Fossils were a mystery for thousands of years; then a few pioneering scientists realized that they were the remains or traces of once-living organisms.
Well-known bone-type fossils are actually rocks, the result of a process called mineralization in which minerals replace decaying tissue. This process is shown and explained. All of the other fossil types are also explored.
The rarity of fossils is dramatically presented, and strange things sometimes mistaken for fossils are identified. There€™s an introduction to fossil expeditions and a summary of how fossils contribute to our understanding of the earth and life on it.
There is an especially helpful section on the relationships between fossils and geology. It covers the principle of original horizontality, the law of superimposition, the principle of faunal succession, the geological time scale, index fossils, relative dating, and absolute dating.
All of this is conveyed through detailed illustrations showing the processes, excellent photographs of representative specimens, and interesting and informative captions. This poster is a great aid to museum interpretive programs and is extremely beneficial in the study of both life and earth sciences.
For use with Fossil Chart 16785.
Specimens in this collection are representative of the varied life forms which dominated this geologic era. The dinosaurs are well-known life-forms from this era. The 15 specimens are from three major periods: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous. Grades 7-12.
The 15 fossil specimens in this collection illustrate the animal and plant evidence found in various strata. Representative fossils from this era are the oldest known, coming from the Cambrian through the Permian periods. Grades 7-12.
The fossils in this study unit help to illustrate the major processed by which a life form is preserved as a fossil. Some of the specimens will illustrate processes such as petrification, pyritization, molds and casts, and distillation. 15 natural specimens in a compartmented container. Grades 7-12.