Fossils and the timeline

Science

• To recognise that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago.
• To understand different categories of fossils and understand some key palaeontological terms.
• To create questions and answers based on a specific topic, era or subject.

Enquiry question
How do the Earth’s layers differ and what do they tell us about the past?

Outcomes
Children will:

• Understand the Earth has different layers and show what fossils might be found in them.
• Discuss, with understanding, terms such as era, epoch, Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic.
• Use what we have learned to create a quiz.