Field Trip to Ashfall Fossil Beds
Timothy Heaton
, University of South Dakota
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Summary
Context
Audience
Historical Geology course
Skills and concepts that students must have mastered
Description of life over time and fossil preservation
How the activity is situated in the course
Stand-alone activity late in the semester
Goals
Content/concepts goals for this activity
Fossil preservation, life of the Cenozoic Era
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity
Using knowledge of biases in fossil preservation to explain the animals preserved at a particular site
Other skills goals for this activity
Description of the activity/assignment
Determining whether students have met the goals
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- Activity Description/Assignment:Field Trip to Ashfall Fossil Beds (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 35kB Aug2 09)
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