Awesome Fossils
Awesome Fossils Activity Source: National Park Service.
Adapted with permission.
Any evidence of past life preserved in a geologic context, such as within rock or sediment, is called a fossil. In this activity you will work as a paleontologist — a scientist who studies fossils to understand ancient landscapes, climate, and life on Earth — to find and identify fossils.
The National Park Service preserves fossils of many types of organisms and traces evidence of their living behaviors, such as making tracks and burrows.
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