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Climate Analysis Using Planktonic Foraminifera

Author/Source: Olson, Hilary
Overview:Students manipulate, plot, and interpret data on the occurence of a particular species of foraminifera in the fossil record in order to infer changes in climate during the last 160,000 years.
Concepts:This lesson covers the following concepts:
  • Science explains the natural world using evidence from the natural world.
  • We can learn about the natural world using our senses and extensions of our senses.
  • Scientists use fossils to learn about past life.
Grade Level:6-8
Time:40-50 minutes
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