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Lesson 42
Learning Target:________________________________________________________________
Success Criteria:
1. I can define fossil
2. I can describe how fossils are formed
3. I can explain how fossils provide evidence of evolution
1. Paleontologist – scientists who study ancient fossils
2. Fossils – remains imprints or traces of prehistoric organisms that can tell when and where
organisms once lived and how they lived
EXPLORE :
1. Name some objects that could become fossils.
2. Do you think that all organisms become fossils? Why or why not?
3. What are some ways fossils are formed?