Information covering important topics for today's educators and parents. Delta Science Modules 2. Each module emphasizes basic science concepts and science content while developing students' process skills and increasing their appreciation for both the natural world and technology. This kit contains twelve hands on activities that introduce students to geologic time, the fossil record, and extinction. Sample activities include constructing a time line for life on earth, creating imitation fossil rocks by placing bones and shells in plaster of paris, assembling model dinosaur skeletons and using dinosaur models to learn classification techniques.
Students also learn methods for interpreting indirect evidence from fossils and footprints.
The teacher's guide provides background information, directions for advance preparation, an index of materials included in the kit, reproducible student worksheets, assessment strategies, extensions, and connections to additional disciplines.