Transcript Fossils as clues pre lab notes

Fossils As Clues Activity
Introduction
Drilling a Core Sample
Rock Columns
Principle of Superposition
• Sedimentary rocks are deposited in
parallel, horizontal layers with the
oldest on bottom and the youngest on
top.
• Find
patterns in
the data.
• Is the most
remarkable
pattern a
coincidence?
• What could
explain that
pattern?
Patterns
Student # City of Birth
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Mesa
Tempe
Chicago
Mesa
Queen Creek
Kansas City
Mesa
Payson
San Francisco
Dallas
Mesa
Phoenix
Mesa
Chicago
Tempe
Yuma
Paris
Mesa
Mesa
Apache Junction
New York
Chandler
Mesa
Cities lived in (in order):
Mesa
Tempe, Mesa
Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Mesa
Mesa
Queen Creek, Mesa
Kansas City, Denver, Mesa
Mesa
Payson, Mesa
San Francisco, San Diego, Mesa
Dallas, Barstow, Mesa
Mesa
Phoenix, Mesa
Mesa
Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Mesa
Mesa, Tempe
Yuma, Mesa
Paris, London, Mesa
Mesa
Mesa, San Diego, Mesa
Apache junction, Mesa
New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Mesa
Chandler
Mesa, Chandler
Do you know the color?
C
A
D
B
E
Instructions:
• 1. Start at the top of page 1.
• 2. Read everything - if you don’t understand, ask
your teacher.
• 3. Follow written instructions as you read.
• 4. Copy all questions that require an answer. (You
don’t have to answer in complete sentences.)
• 5. Don’t play “monkey see - monkey do”!
• 6. Work at your assigned seat.
• 7. Keep all of your work together, in order, in the
work section of your notebook starting the first
day!