NGSS · Life Science · Grades 6–8 (Middle School)

MS-LS4-1 Fossil Record Patterns

Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.

Kentucky 8-LS4-1 uses the same wording.

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Science Unlocked lesson set The Fossil Forecast In 1999, fossil hunters began searching bare, frozen rocks in the Canadian Arctic for one thing: a fish that was starting to look like a four-legged animal. In 2004, they found it. How did they know where — and in which rocks — to look? 1 week · $3.00 · Grades 6–8 See what’s inside
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