FOSSILS UNIT FOCUS

1. Fossils can be compared to one another and to present day organisms according to their similarities and differences.

2. Changes in an organism’s environment are sometimes beneficial to its survival and sometimes harmful.

FOSSIL LINKS 

Surviving in Ecosystems- Games, animations, videos etc

http://www.macmillanmh.com/science/2008/student/na/grade4/g4_ch4.html

Living Fossils

http://nwcreation.net/fossilsliving.html

Fossils Throughout Time

http://paleoportal.org/index.php?globalnav=fossil_gallery&sectionnav=main

Fish to Fossil Animation

http://www.footprints-science.co.uk/flash/Fossils.swf

Tim and Moby Fossil Video

http://mrhardy.wikispaces.com/Fossils.swf

Interactive Dinosaur Dig 

http://paleobiology.si.edu/dinosaurs/interactives/dig/dinodig.swf

Fossil Video Cartoon

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/dinosaurs/fossil_movie.swf

 Fossil Matching Game

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/dinosaurs/games/memory/dinosaur_fossils.htm

Create a Fossil

http://escolovar.org/dinossauro_maquina.fazer.swf