Logo of Dino Tracks to Fossile Facts

Dino Tracks To Fossil Facts

Educational Program

Recommended for Grades 1-8

Calling all budding paleontologists!
Students will learn about dinosaurs and explore how fossils are made and discovered. They will have the opportunity to excavate skull pieces and identify the type of dinosaur they discover.
ALL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO MEET CDC, LOCAL, AND STATE HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
A girl digging in a tray of tiny rocks trying to find fossils
various fossils including one with leaf prints and one with fish imprint
This educational program meets these curriculum standards:
SC Earth Science 3.E.2, 4.E.2, 5.E.2, 6.E.1, 7.E.1, 8.E.1, HS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS2-6, HS-LS4-1; Scientific Inquiry 3.SI.1, 4.SI.1, 6-8.SI.1, 6-8.SI.2, HS-ETS1-2, HS-ETS1-3
NC Earth Science 3.E.2, 4.E.2, 5.E.S, 6.E.1, 7.E.1, 8.E.1, HS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS2-6; Life Science HS-LS4-1; Scientific Inquiry 3-5.SI.1, 3-5.SI.2, 6-8.SI.1, 6-8.SI.2, HS-ETs1-2, HS-ETS1-3
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