Rationale

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Students will learn how fossils provide us with information about what organisms lived millions of years ago, and how the Earth has changed over time. They will sharpen their skills for measuring, reasoning, and organizing data. Further, students will explore how fossils are formed. They will apply information learned about keyword selection, Boolean search rules, and skills on how to use the school library catalog and GALILEO to gather information. Students will then apply their new-found knowledge to research about the specific location of a fossilized species and the era in which it lived. Finally, students will share their findings in a wiki class project.