Great Fossil Find Bone Pieces

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Here are the bone pieces for the Great Fossil Find science lesson (see attached PDF). https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/teach/ensi/ensi_great_fossil_find.html by Steve Randak and Michael Kimmel. The lesson plan calls for printing the bone pieces on paper and cutting them apart, but these will work a little better than slips of paper. This lesson is a great example of the process of science in action. Students pull a few pieces from an envelope and decide how to arrange them, making educated guesses about what the animal looked like. As they gain additional pieces, their theory changes, and later as they examine the work of other students, their ideas evolve even further. The skeleton is that of a flying dinosaur - scaphognathus crassirostris. Standards: CCSS Overview and Background This lesson provides an excellent example of the process of science in action. Students take a few pieces from an envelope and use them to make educated guesses about what the animal looked like. Their theory changes as they gain more pieces, and later when they review the work of other students, their ideas evolve further. The skeleton is that of a flying dinosaur - scaphognathus crassirostris. Lesson Plan and Activity The PDF file provides a fully detailed explanation of the lesson plan and activity.