Name: ___________________________________________ Block: _____ A or B

Directions: Use the following site to discover more information on fossils. Read the directions
for each individual game before starting.

http://www.abc.net.au/beasts/fossilfun/

A. Making Fossils – Go through all seven journeys and record your findings. You must first
check whether the fossil was created or if it was destroyed. Then explain either why the fossil
was created (or the name of the fossil) or why the fossil was destroyed. DO NOT HIT THE
BACK BUTTON!!

Was the Fossil Made? Explain why or why not.

Yes No

1. ______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________
Yes No
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2.
______________________________________________________
Yes No

3. ______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________
Yes No

4. ______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________
Yes No

5. ______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________
Yes No

6. ______________________________________________________

______________________________________________________
Yes No

7. ______________________________________________________

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B. Click the “Games” tab at the top of the page. Click on the “Skeleton Jigsaw” game. Do the
following:
• Choose from two different levels
• List the animals that you reconstructed and your time.

Animal Name Time

Level 1. ____________________ _________________________

Level 2. ____________________ _________________________

C. Open a new Internet window. Go to the site:

http://paleobiology.si.edu/dinosaurs/interactives/dig/main.html. Then Click here to launch the
Dino Dig Interactive Game.

1. Name the tools used to determine what fossil was beneath the rock.
a. _________________________________________
b. _________________________________________
c. _________________________________________

2. What is the name of specimen? ___________________________________________________

3. What two items did you use to plaster the specimen?

a. ________________________________________
b. ________________________________________

4. Labeling the Specimen. Fill in the blanks.

Smithsonian ____________________
________________ 2004
Specimen # ___________

5. How many years ago did the specimen live? ________________________________________

Once you have finished the three different activities you many go back to
http://www.abc.net.au/beasts/fossilfun/ and play the following games:

- Burying Bodies
- Footprints Game
- Colour and Camouflage