Grades Targeted: 5^th and 9^th

SOLs Addressed: 5.7, ES.2, ES.3, ES.10, LS.1, LS.9, LS.10, LS.14, BIO.7

Number of Kits Available: 2

This kit focuses on paleontology within Virginia and allows up to four groups of students to engage in nine different activities, such as determining if an object is a fossil, contrasting between fossil types, paleoecological reconstruction, relative and absolute dating, and using the steps of the scientific method to answer questions. Play-doh, sediment, fossils, and other materials are included to facilitate these activities. The first two activities may be performed by fifth graders, but the overall kit is targeted mainly towards the ninth grade.

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