ES-LS4.A-1

Noodle's Fossil Quest

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COMBINED RATING

3.8 Stars

TEACHERS (40)

3.5

STUDENTS (8386)

4.0

LENGTH

30 Minutes

GRADES

CAPABILITIES

iPad Support

Spanish Language Support

Text-to-Speech Support

Description

A young paleontologist, Noodle, needs help! Explore three dig sites in search of fossils and discover many interesting facts about the organisms that lived long ago!

Vocabulary Words

organism

fossil

paleontologist

species

extinct

classify

aquatic

terrestrial

brachiosaurus

herbivore

coelacanth

Ginko Biloba

fern

woolly mammoth

trilobite

ammonite

reproduce

deinonychus

glyptodon

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Species Extinction. Suitable for Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5.

Main Concepts

Fossils are the remains or traces of living organisms that lived a long time ago.

Scientists have identified and classified many different types of plants and animals.

A species is a group of similar organisms that reproduce with each other.

Extinction occurs when all of the members of a species die.(ES)

An example of animals that became extinct are the dinosaurs.

Some extinct species look similar to species that exist today.

Fossils provide evidence of organisms that lived long ago but have become extinct.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What does it mean if an organism is extinct? Name one. What is a fossil? In this game you will find fossils. Where do you think that fossils can be found? What do you think fossils can tell us about the past?

After the Game

How do fossils help paleontologists? What does the ammonite fossil tell about the land that it is found on from long ago? How do scientists know that a brachiosaurus was alive if it is extinct now? Name two extinct species that look like an animal that is alive today. What do "terrestrial" and "aquatic" mean? Why were both types of fossils in the area?