Distance Learning

No Dinosaurs Here, Only Mammals!

Grade Level:
Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Subject:
Social Studies
State Standards:
NGSS standards: 3-LS4, 3-LS2, 4-ESS, 4-ESS1

Nebraska: SC 7, SC 12, SC 13

There are no dinosaurs here, only mammals!!! Join an Education Ranger as they introduce students to several species of mammals that once roamed the Nebraska plains during the Miocene epoch some 26-15 Million Years ago. Learn about how climate change, geology and other environmental factors contributed to the evolution and extinction of these species. And some other fun facts as well!  

Grades 3,4,5 

Meets NGSS standards:

  • 3-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity,
  • 3-LS2 Interdependent relationships in ecosystems: Environmental impacts on organisms,
  • 4-ESS Earths Systems: Processes that shape the earth,
  • 4-ESS1 Earths Place in the Universe.   

Meets Nebraska Science Standards:

  • SC 7 Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems,
  • SC 12 Weather and Climate,
  • SC 13 Processes that shape the Earth.   

Format: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet 

Duration: 45 Minutes to 1 Hour. 

Minimum Participants: 5 

Maximum Participants: 30 

How to sign up: Contact Agate Fossil Beds' education and interpretive rangers to schedule this virtual field trip for your students! Available year-round. 

Tags: miocene agate fossil beds national monument fossils paleontology mammals earth science

Last updated: June 19, 2021