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English-Language Arts Science

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Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5

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Classroom Teacher / Educator

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Fossil Butte National Monument | Wyoming Chronicle

Watch video segments from the WyomingPBS video Fossil Butte National Monument and then complete a project based unit through the creation of a museum gallery. They will first need to access their prior knowledge and build on their current schema involving stewardship and fossils found in Wyoming.

NOTE: Spanish closed captions are available for this resource.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Students will understand the meaning of stewardship and what a National Park is.
Students will compare and contrast the ecosystem of Fossil Butte National Monument currently to what it was 52 million years ago in its subtropical state.
Students will report findings from a salt water experiment.
Students will gather information on fossils as highligheted in the Fossil Butte video.
Students will create a museum gallery.

View the entire video here: Fossil Butte National Monument

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PBS Learning Media