Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Lessons

Students will examine an interactive quarry map of Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, use scientific field notes (primary source material), and consider modern analogs to figure out what happened at this mass death site millions of years ago.

SECTION 1

What can we learn from the fossil record?

(15 minutes)

SECTION 2

How can disruptions to an ecosystem lead to shifts in a population?

(30 minutes)

SECTION 3

How can evaluating evidence help us construct an argument?

(30 minutes)

SECTION 4

What can we learn from communicating our arguments?

(15-45 minutes)

Total Estimated Time: 90-120 minutes

Standards Alignment: Utah SEED standards 7.2.2, 7.2.6, 7.5.2, and 7.5.3 and NGSS MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4, MS-LS4-1, and LS4-2, as well as, DOK levels 1-4 and ELA Common Core Standards.

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What happened at Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry?

What can we learn from the fossil record?

How can disruptions to an ecosystem lead to shifts in a population?

How can evaluating evidence help us construct an argument?

What can we learn from communicating our arguments?

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