By the end of this unit, children will be able to:
- define what fossils are and how they are formed;
- identify and name the different types of fossils;
- sequence the steps in fossil formation; and
- understand fossilisation with particular focus on how body and trace fossils are formed in rocks.
Curriculum Alignment: Year 3 Science: Rocks
- describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock