This is a hypertext version of a book originally published by the Paleontological Society. Peruse an edited version of the original preface .
Information originally carried on the cover is shown below.
The book was written to accompany an educational workshop Learning from the Fossil Record presented for K-16 educators at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of American in Denver, Colorado. The workshop was intended to give K-12 teaches information on how scientists use fossil evidence to reconstruct the past. It also offered ideas about using paleontology to teach the scientific process.