Paleontology intern, Keegan Melstrom, with the Allosaurus skull on display at Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado & Utah. NPS Photo.
Teaching Paleontology in the National Parks and Monuments and Public Lands is a fossil education program designed by National Park Service staff for use in the classroom and in the Parks.
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado
Track 1: Fascintating Fossils. Grade 4. [PDF 688 KB]
Track 2: Putting Together the Pieces. Grade 5. [PDF 794 KB]
Track 3: Our Changing Earth. Grade 6. [PDF 699 KB]
Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming Grades 2-3
Unit 1: Fossilization [PDF 878 KB]
Unit 2: Adaptation [PDF 332 KB]
Unit 3: Community [PDF 314 KB]
Unit 4: Human Influences [PDF 331 KB]
Appendices [PDF 2.22 MB]
Teaching Paleontology Slideshows
Fascinating Fossils (Grade 4): Slideshow [PDF 2.33 MB] | Script [PDF 51 KB]
Putting Together the Pieces (Grade 5): Slideshow [PDF 1.75 MB] | Script [PDF 251 KB]
Our Changing Earth (Grade 6): Slideshow [PDF 1.56 MB] | Script [PDF 146 KB]
What is a Fossil? [PDF 2.04 MB]
Digging Up a Dinosaur [PDF 1.76 MB]
National Parks and Public Lands are for Fossils [PDF 990 KB]
Environments and Adaptations [PDF 2.96 MB]