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Fossil Hunters

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Book meta-data
  • Reading Box: Bronze (Levels 31)
  • Year: Six
  • Fiction/Nonfiction: Non-fiction
  • Theme/Topic: Discovery, History, Life science
  • Genre: Explanation
  • Strategy/Skills: Forming opinions, Making inferences, Sequencing, Summarising, Synthesising, Determining cause and effect, Determining main ideas
  • Page Count: 16
  • Reading Level: 31
  • Item Code: 200204
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  • Curriculum Codes: ACELA1830, ACELT1615, ACELT1617, ACELY1711, ACELY1712, ACELY1713, ACELY1801
Reader Description

Fossils are snapshots of the past. They tell us a lot about the plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. In this report you'll read about how fossils form, and meet three famous fossil detectives.

After you have completed the Reader

Fossils are formed over a long time. Reread page 12. Create a flow chart that explains how a fossil can form in a tar pit.

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