Laboratorio STEAM para jóvenes: investiguemos fósiles (paleontología + habilidades STEM)

Let's DIG into the past!  We'll explore the ever-changing, exciting field of PALEONTOLOGY.  Did people and dinosaurs live on Earth at the same time?  How do we know about what our planet and living things were like in the past?  

During class we will:
Start with a fun, hands-on warm up and sharing activity (creating our own fossils)
Learn about FOSSILS: What are they?  How are they formed? Are there different types?  Where are they found?  Who can find them, and how?  What can we learn from them?
Look at photos and illustrations of different types of fossils
Examine and make observations of the teacher's fossil collection
Explore tools that are used to collect fossils
Wrap up class with a final hands-on project (create a dig site)
Extra time for sharing rocks and fossil collections, dinosaur toys, facts, etc (time-permitting)

Mixed into these activities and topics will be lots of questions and discussion, sharing prompts, movement activities, and other age-appropriate media resources.