Be a fossil detective poster
Use this poster to look closely at an ichthyosaur fossil and use clues to work out what this extinct marine reptile was like when it was alive.
Your class can become fossil detectives with these enquiry-based resources. Students explore animal adaptations and make suggestions about how they lived by using the be a fossil detective poster to answer questions on the be a fossil detective adaptations activity sheet.
Students continue to explore fossils through reading comprehension in the be a fossil detective ichthyosaur fact-file. In the fossil to living thing card match your class will apply their acquired understanding of how fossils may have looked when alive to novel examples.
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Use this poster to look closely at an ichthyosaur fossil and use clues to work out what this extinct marine reptile was like when it was alive.
Use this activity sheet alongside the 'Be a fossil detective poster' to record adaptations discovered from the ichthyosaur fossil.
Use this activity sheet to find out more about ichthyosaurs and how they lived, before answering the questions.
Use this activity sheet alongside the 'Be a fossil detective poster' to predict what the living animal might have looked like.
Match the images to the sentences and explain how fossils are formed.
Learn about careers related to this lesson…
Use this presentation to inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career and link learning about rocks to the real-world.
Inspire your pupils to think about a future career and link learning about rocks to the real-world, with this job-role card.
Watch Marli, a mineral resources petrologist (who studies rocks) at work and find out about the knowledge and skills she needs for success.
Use this presentation to inspire your pupils to think about a potential future career and link learning about rocks and fossils to the real-world.
Inspire your pupils to think about a future career and link learning about rocks and fossils to the real-world, with this job-role card.
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