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\nActivity Book: Discover Your Changing World With NOAA\n

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\nIntroduce middle schoolers to the essential principles of climate science with a collection of 10 activities. Class members learn about the Earth’s climate systems, factors that change these systems, and the impacts of those changes....\n
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\nCrash Course: Biology\n

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\nImagine an entire biology course in one collection of 40 videos! Based on the AP Biology curriculum, viewers learn about the things that make up living things and the processes that keep organisms alive. They also learn how to identify...\n
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\nThe Most Useful Fossils in the World\n

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\nOne of the most abundant fossils on earth confused paleontologists for more than one hundred years. Viewers learn about the mystery and discoveries related to conodonts in a video from PBS as part of its Eons series.\n
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\nHow to Fossilize Yourself\n

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\nHere is an unusual question: How can I become a famous fossil for future generations to examine and adore? It is from this comical perspective that viewers learn how fossilization occurs. Show this for your middle school paleontologists...\n
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\nDiscovering Fossils\n

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\nStudents explore fossils. In this fossils geology instructional activity, students use tools to reveal embedded \"fossils\" (made with plaster of Paris by the teacher-instructions included), then describe and illustrate their findings.\n
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\nLayers and Laws: The Law of Superposition and Index Fossils\n

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\nWhat can layers of rock teach us about the climate? Young scientists solve a mystery about who stole a cookie by applying the law of superposition. Then, they apply the same concept to solve a more difficult mystery, trying to determine...\n
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\nHow Do Fossils Form?\n

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\nFossils are fun with a function! But, why aren't they everywhere? Discover the unique conditions needed for fossil formation using an illustrated video. Junior paleontologists learn the differences between whole body and trace fossils,...\n
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\nFossils and Evidence for Evolution\n

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\nWhat was the paleontologist's favorite album? The fossil record! Introduce the concept of fossils as evidence for evolution to your biology class with an inspiring video. The narrator of the Fuse School video from the Evolution playlist...\n
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\nFossil Find\n

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\nYoung scholars investigate the practice of digging for fossils. They participate in a mock dig of fossils using real bones and other artifacts. Then students dig through sand in order to go through the simulation. Young scholars make...\n
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\nFossil Fuels Summary\n

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\nAs the title suggests, this is a simple summary of fossil fuels. There are no questions or problems to solve or no notes about fossil fuels. The notes cover how fossil fuels are formed, how we extract them, what humans use them for, and...\n
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\nFossil Sharks\n

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\nSharks contain a cartilage skeleton, rather than bone, so they rarely appear in the fossil record. The video explains why we find shark teeth and how scientists use that tiny piece of information to learn about sharks. Then, it presents...\n
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\nBending Fossils: Experiments In Paleontology (Harvard Adventures, Part 3)\n

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\nHow can we bend a fossil? Junior paleontologists explore the joint movements of extinct species in Brain Scoop's Fossils and Geology series. The narrator works with a paleontology curator to show the experiments performed on the...\n
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\nFossils\n

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\nIn this earth science worksheet, students use the clues given at the bottom of the sheet to solve the crossword puzzle on fossils. They identify specific names of fossils and how to make a mold of one.\n
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\nFossil-Fuelled Electricity - How it Works\n

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\nThermal power is electricity generated by the burning of fossil fuels. Through a series of video clips and computer animations, youngsters learn about how coal is used to produce useful electricity. The website provides quizzes that are...\n
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\nMud Fossils\n

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\nStudents observe real fossils. In this science lesson, students make their own mud fossils by pressing material into the mud and letting it dry in the sun for 3-4 days. Students then get the fossils out displaying their mud...\n
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\nFifth graders study the characteristics of fossils. They create a chart comparing the different fossil size, shape and texture. Students make observations and describe fossil characteristics in journals.\n
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\nHow Burning Fossil Fuels Leads to Climate Change\n

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\nDo our vehicles really contribute to global warming? In part five of an eight-video series, pupils learn the mechanisms by which car emissions turn into greenhouse gases. Through animation, the class sees how the natural greenhouse...\n
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\nClimate Change: Earth's Giant Game of Tetris\n

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\nIn this colorful animation, our current problem with climate change is likened to a block-stacking game of Tetris. Greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere at an increasing rate. Can we place them properly before it's too late?...\n
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\nThe Great Snake Debate\n

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\nSnakes are just lizards without legs, right? Scholars study the sensational evolutionary history of the snake with a video from a well-written biology playlist. Topics include snake fossils, theories on snake evolution, and...\n
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\nReconstructing a Fossil Pterosaur\n

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\nYoung scholars reconstruct the skeleton of the fossil Scaphognathus crassirostis. In this fossil lesson plan, students discuss the Kingdoms of life, geologic history and the history of the skeletons of species. Young scholars are given...\n
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\nActivity Three: The Mystery Fossil Bones Activity\n

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\nIn this fossil worksheet, students are given a page of bones to cut out and assemble. They create an animal with the bones and add external features to their animal. They answer questions and present their creature to the class.\n
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\nLesson 1 - What Are Fossils?\n

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\nStudents define and research fossils. For this fossil lesson, students access teacher assigned Internet sites to examine images of fossils. They determine the definition of a fossil and find out how fossils are formed. They also define a...\n
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\nFossil Lab\n

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\nIn this fossil learning exercise, students are given fossils and an identification key. They write their scientific names and common names. They also answer questions about fossils.\n
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\nHunting Invertebrate Fossils in the Classroom\n

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\nStudents acquire a general knowledge of fossils and paleontology, the study of evidence of life in the past and identify the major invertebrate groups (phyla) commonly found in the fossil record.\n
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