Museum Kits

ANCIENT SEA LIFE
ENCOUNTER KIT

Teacher's guide (PDF)

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Summary of Contents:

ACTIVITY ONE - TIME TRAVEL

Learning Objective:

Students learn how to read time charts and time lines, and get an overview of the major events that have occurred through geologic time.

Nebraska Science Standards:

Inquiry, the Nature of Science, and Technology

Earth/Space Sciences

Grades
3-5

1. Scientific Inquiry

5.1.1.f

4. Earth's History

5.4.4 Grades
6-8

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4. Earth's History

8.4.4.b

Multicolored time line (25 feet long)

33 Event Cards (with popsicle sticks attached)

Event Record Sheet (template)

Quick Reference Card for teacher

How Much is a Million?

Nature Scope: Digging into Dinosaurs

Roll of yellow twine (166 ft, oversized)

3 Posters: Each depicting a different era (oversized)

Poster: Geologic Time Scale (oversized)

ACTIVITY TWO - MEET THE SEA LIFE

Learning Objective:

Students discover the types of animals that lived during the Paleozoic Era.

Nebraska Science Standards:

Life Science:

Earth/Space Sciences

Grades
3-5

4. Biodiversity

5.3.4 4. Earth's History

5.4.4

12 Fossils of 6 ancient sea-dwelling animals:

2 Horn corals, 2 Trilobites, 2 Belemnites, 3 Brachiopods,
2 Ammonites, 1 Crinoid (stem fragment & crown)

12 Pictures of ancient marine animals, matching each fossil

12 Pictures of ancient marine animal life

Paleozoic Story (template)

Poster: Geologic Time Scale (oversized)

Poster: Life on a Coral Reef (oversized)

3 Posters: Ancient Marine Life Scenes (oversized)

Education

Reservations
Gallery Programs
Planetarium Shows
Self-Guided Visit
Museum Kits
- Encounter Kits
- Ancient Sea Life
- Animal Detective
- Birds
- Dinosaurs
- Elephant Trunk
- Insect Investigations
- Omaha
- Ponca
- Santee Sioux
- Winnebago
- Shoebox Science Kits
- Animal Coverings Kit A / B
- Animal Skulls
- Bird Nests
- Butterflies
- Dinosaur & Ancient Teeth
- Dinosaur Clues & Traces
- Dinosaur Diversity
- Fossil Mammals
- Owls
- Rocks and Minerals
- Snakes
- Tools of Early People
School Group Parking
NE Science Standards
NE Social Studies Standards
Contact Information

ACTIVITY THREE - LET'S SORT IT OUT
Nebraska's Common Invertebrate Fossils

Learning Objective:

Students understand how to use a key to identify fossils.

Nebraska Science Standards:

Inquiry, Nature of Science, and Technology

Grades
3-5

1. Scientific Inquiry

5.1.1.d

6 Horn Corals

6 Moss Animals

6 Crinoids

6 Cards with Protozoans

6 Clams

6 Composita Brachiopods

Key to Fossil Invertebrates (template)

Fossil Background (template)

AIMS Activity

ACTIVITY FOUR - JAWS

Learning Objective:

Students understand that sharks lived in shallow seas that once covered Nebraska.

Nebraska Science Standards:

Inquiry, the Nature of Science, and Technology

Life Science

Earth/Space Sciences

Grades
3-5

1. Scientific Inquiry

5.1.1.d

4. Biodiversity

5.3.4.a

4. Earth's History

5.4.4 Grades
6-8

-

4. Biodiversity

8.3.4.c

4. Earth's History

8.4.4

Packet of 20 Shark teeth (piercing only)

1 Shark jaw (large blue box, oversized)

1 Clam

Modern and ancient shark teeth (template)

Sea Searcher's Handbook

Jaws: The Early Years (Explorer article)

All About Sharks (article from the Mini Page, Lincoln Star)

The Cellars of Time

Poster: The World's Most Dangerous Sharks (oversized)

ACTIVITY FIVE - FOSSILS AND THEIR LIVING KIN

Learning Objective:

By making observations, students learn about some of the differences between the fossils of ancient sea animals and the shells of their present day relatives.

Nebraska Science Standards:

Inquiry, the Nature of Science, and Technology

Life Science

Earth/Space Sciences

Grades
3-5

1. Scientific Inquiry

5.1.1.d

4. Biodiversity

5.3.4.a

4. Earth's History

5.4.4 Grades
6-8

1. Scientific Inquiry

8.1.1.e

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5 Pairs of fossils and their living kin:

1 Fossil snail and 1 modern snail shell

1 Fossil bivalve and 1 modern bivalve shell

1 Fossil nautiloid and 1 Nautilus shell

1 Fossil sea urchin and 1 modern sea urchin skeleton

1 Fossil coral and 1 modern coral

5 Pictures of modern snails, bivalves, Nautilus, sea urchins, and corals.

5 Observe and Discover Cards (one per pair)

Fossils and Their Living Kin Chart (template)

5 Sea Animal Life Styles templates (one per pair)

Poster: Geologic Time Scale (Wards)

Poster: Life on a Coral Reef

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Museum Kits

click to enlarge

Students learn how to read time charts and time lines, and get an overview of the major events that have occurred through geologic time.

Inquiry, the Nature of Science, and Technology

Earth/Space Sciences

Grades 3-5

1. Scientific Inquiry

4. Earth's History

Grades 6-8

-

4. Earth's History

Contents:

Multicolored time line (25 feet long)

33 Event Cards (with popsicle sticks attached)

Event Record Sheet (template)

Quick Reference Card for teacher

How Much is a Million?

Nature Scope: Digging into Dinosaurs

Roll of yellow twine (166 ft, oversized)

3 Posters: Each depicting a different era (oversized)

Poster: Geologic Time Scale (oversized)

Students discover the types of animals that lived during the Paleozoic Era.

Life Science:

Earth/Space Sciences

Grades 3-5

4. Biodiversity

4. Earth's History

Contents:

12 Fossils of 6 ancient sea-dwelling animals:

12 Pictures of ancient marine animals, matching each fossil

12 Pictures of ancient marine animal life

Paleozoic Story (template)

Poster: Geologic Time Scale (oversized)

Poster: Life on a Coral Reef (oversized)

3 Posters: Ancient Marine Life Scenes (oversized)

Students understand how to use a key to identify fossils.

Inquiry, Nature of Science, and Technology

Grades 3-5

1. Scientific Inquiry

Contents:

6 Horn Corals

6 Moss Animals

6 Crinoids

6 Cards with Protozoans

6 Clams

6 Composita Brachiopods

Key to Fossil Invertebrates (template)

Fossil Background (template)

AIMS Activity

Students understand that sharks lived in shallow seas that once covered Nebraska.

Inquiry, the Nature of Science, and Technology

Life Science

Earth/Space Sciences

Grades 3-5

1. Scientific Inquiry

4. Biodiversity

4. Earth's History

Grades 6-8

-

4. Biodiversity

4. Earth's History

Contents:

Packet of 20 Shark teeth (piercing only)

1 Shark jaw (large blue box, oversized)

1 Clam

Modern and ancient shark teeth (template)

Sea Searcher's Handbook

Jaws: The Early Years (Explorer article)

All About Sharks (article from the Mini Page, Lincoln Star)

The Cellars of Time

Poster: The World's Most Dangerous Sharks (oversized)

By making observations, students learn about some of the differences between the fossils of ancient sea animals and the shells of their present day relatives.

Inquiry, the Nature of Science, and Technology

Life Science

Earth/Space Sciences

Grades 3-5

1. Scientific Inquiry

4. Biodiversity

4. Earth's History

Grades 6-8

Grades
3-5

Grades
6-8

Grades
3-5

Grades
3-5

Grades
3-5

Grades
6-8

Grades
3-5

Grades
6-8