81409 Fossil Footprints

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8/14/09 Fossil Footprints

• Left Side
• Objective SW use skills of observation and
  inference to analyze a scenario.
• Bell work
• 1. What do the words quality and quantity
  mean?
• What does it mean to make a qualitative
  observation or a quantitative observation?

2

• Answer the questions on the right side of your
  notebook.
• Position One
• Can you tell anything about the size of the
  organisms? What kind of organisms are they?
• Do you believe all the tracks were made at the
  same time? How do you know?
• How many organisms do you believe were involved?
• Create a story that explains how these tracks got
  here. What do you think the organisms were doing
  while the tracks were being made?

3

• Answer the questions on the right side of your
  notebook.
• Position Two
• Did they change speed at any time? How can you
  tell?
• What might have been the reason the footprint
  pattern changed?
• Was the land level or not? How can you tell?
• Was the soil moist or dry when the tracks were
  made?
• In what kind of rock do you think the prints were
  made?
• What could the climate have been like at this
  time?

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Position three Here is the full picture. Study
this picture closely for one minute and then
complete the assignment on the following slide.
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• Left Side Homework assignment
• Date
• Fossil Footprint Story
• Please write these directions (in your own words)
  on the right hand side.
• Now that you have been given the entire picture,
  piece together your discoveries and write down a
  story describing what might have happened.
• You have TWO choices You can either
• Write a story turn your answers to section 1
  and 2 questions into statements in paragraph
  format. Dont forget to include an ending (this
  explains position 3). Describe why there is only
  one set of footprints walking away in the end.
  THREE paragraphs.
• Draw a comic book strip If you chose this
  option, you must draw how the organisms ended up
  at their location, what happened to them while
  they were there, and show what the area looked
  like, basically answering the questions asked on
  the slides of positions 1 and 2.
• This STORY should be completed on the left hand
  side of your notebook for homework and is due on
  Monday.