Identify the processes associated with fossil formation 0507.5.3

Links verified 9/18/2014

1. Amber in Nature - Look at pieces of amber to find out what is captured inside and what clues it provides about the ancient ecosystem. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
2. Exploring Evolution - In this interactive web lab you will explore the many lines of evidence scientists use to reconstruct the evolutionary histories of organisms. Along the way you will solve a mystery, compare bones and DNA, and look for fossils.
3. Fantastic Fossil Finds
4. Fossil Horse Cyber Museum - from the Florida Museum of Natural History
5. Fossil Lesson Plans - lesson plans on fossils of individual phyla, as well as general lesson plans for introducing fossils and how they are formed
6. Fossil Sites in Nashville - a trip through time
7. Fossils - Clues to the Past - Fossils provide clues to what life was like in ancient times.
8. Fossils of Iowa - [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
9. Fossils Rock! - especially for teachers, students, and home-schoolers who want to put some fun into their earth science classes
10. How fossils can form - This animation shows the formation of a cast and mold, one way that fossils can form. Casts are copies of fossilized plants or animals. Molds are hollow impressions of the fossil. This process takes thousands or millions of years.
11. How Fossils Form - from Enchanted Learning
12. Life Has a History - an educational module sponsored by the National Science Foundation (select level 2 for 5-8)
13. Paleontology Portal
14. Recreating extinct animals from fossil evidence is like completing a giant jigsaw puzzle, but without all the pieces.
15. Resources for K-12 Teachers and Students - from The Paleontology Portal
16. Trilobite Cookies - just for fun, looks like a great cookie
17. Using Fossils - discussion of two principal uses of fossils; dating and interpreting environment [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
18. Virtual Fossil Museum - fossils across geological time and evolution
19. What Are Fossils - from the San Diego Natural History Museum [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
20. What is a Fossil - discussion of Type I and Type II fossils

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