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**These are the Grade Level Content Expectations from the Michigan Department of Education (Science Grades 4-6).**       **E.ST.E.03 Fossils**-  Fossils provide evidence about the plants and animals that lived long ago and the nature of the environment at that time. ** E.ST.04.31 **        Explain how fossils provide evidence of the history of the Earth.   <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**E.ST.04.32**     <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Compare and contrast life forms found in fossils and organisms that exist <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> **E.ST.06.42** Describe how fossils provide important evidence of how life and environmental conditions have changed.

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   use technology tools and information resources to increase productivity, promote creativity, and facilitate academic learning. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   use content-specific tools (e.g., software, simulation, environmental probes, graphing calculators, exploratory environments, Web tools) to support learning and research. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   use a variety of media and formats, including telecommunications, to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, preparing publications, and producing other creative works using productivity tools. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   use technology tools to process data and report results. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·   use technology resources to facilitate higher order and complex thinking skills, including problem solving, critical thinking, informed decision making, knowledge construction, and creativity.
 * Here are several Technology Standards (NETS) that students will meet by accomplishing this WebQuest:**