Fossils Reading and Worksheet

INTRODUCTORY FOSSILS READING with WORKSHEET: Students READ about and ANSWER QUESTIONS covering:

• Fossils
• How fossils form (the basics)
• Law of superposition
• What we can learn from fossils

Both PRINT and digital GOOGLE SLIDES versions are included!

After reading the included article, students answer 12 text-dependent questions on the corresponding worksheet. This article is great as a starting point to teach fossils or as a reinforcement assignment or homework. No prior knowledge is required – all information in the worksheet comes directly from the text.

Teacher Notes:

• Supports NGSS MS-LS4-1 and MS-LS4-2.
• INCLUDES ANSWER KEY.
• Please note that the fossils reading and worksheet are not editable.
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