Module 7 was developed by Sarah Stalter, University of Florida.
SLOs:
-Students will be able to explain the studies of stratigraphy and taphonomy
-Students will understand how organisms become fossils and the conditions necessary for preservation
-Students will learn how paleoanthropologists utilize stratigraphy and faunal correlation (biostratigraphy)
Activity: http://westergardncs.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/8/13286223/stratigraphy.pdf
Related videos:
Why don’t all skeletons become fossilized?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av21EY6rGWs
Stratigraphy: A Key Tool at Koobi Fora: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhO0JezdxYM
Resources:
http://paleo.cortland.edu/tutorial/Taphonomy%26Pres/taphonomy.htm
https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/courses/Dist-Ed/EOSC116/eosc116-Lesson22.html
http://mygeologypage.ucdavis.edu/cowen/historyoflife/biases.html
https://australianmuseum.net.au/how-are-fossils-formed
http://www.stratigraphy.org/upload/bak/defs.htm
http://www.indiana.edu/~g302/time.pdf
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fossils/significance.htm
https://www.uvm.edu/perkins/evolution/qanda/?Page=time/faunal.html&SM=time/timemenu.html
Curriculum Connections:
- IB Biology (2016): 5, 10
- AP Biology (2015): 1, 5, 6, 7
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