Summary
A Dinosaur Train clip about hunting for fossils inside layers of rock. The kids learn that fossils are found in certain kinds of rock, and that the rock layers are clues to the past.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Fossils are buried in rock, and the rock layers hold clues about long ago.
- Where do the kids look for fossils?
- Why are fossils found inside rock?
- What can the layers of rock tell us about the past?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: fossil, rock, layer, cliff, clue.
Try it: Stack layers of colored clay. Push a small object into a layer to show how a fossil gets buried.