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Different kinds of fossils database

 

Directions:  Fill in the following database by clicking onto http://zoomschool.com/subjects/dinosaurs/dinofossils/Fossiltypes.html and http://oum.ox.ac.uk/children/fossils/whatfos2.htm  Remember to include a picture with each example!

 

Type of Fossil

How the Fossil Was Formed

Picture Example

Mold Fossil

 

 

 

Cast Fossil

 

 

 

 

Trace Fossil

 

 

 

 

True Form Fossil

 

 

 

 

Woolly mammoth

Fossil Contents

Insect in amber

Fossil Overview

Trilobite

Lesson 1

Ammonite

Lesson 2

Tyrannosaurus rex skull

Lesson 3

Aigalosaur skeleton

Lesson 4

Fossil plant

Assessments

Coprolite

Rubrics