Students will compare their mystery fossils to 3D models of fossils already classified by type and species from Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. The data they collect will serve as the basis for their answer to the central question of this investigation.
SECTION 1
What types of bones are these?
(20 minutes)
SECTION 2
What species of dinosaur do these bones come from?
(25 minutes)
SECTION 3
What evidence have we found?
(30 minutes)
SECTION 4
What can we learn from communicating our arguments?
(15-45 minutes)
Total Estimated Time: 90-120 mins
Standards Alignment:NGSS
MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-4, MS-LS4-1, and LS4-2 and Utah SEED standards 7.2.2, 7.2.6, 7.5.2, and 7.5.3, as well as, DOK levels 1-4 and ELA Common Core
Standards.