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Year 3 · Science

Fossils

Year 3 learners practise how fossils are formed.

The activities include Examine What Fossils Are, Find Out About Fossils in Rocks, Identify Rocks with Fossils in Them, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, interactive, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Examine What Fossils Are
  • Find Out About Fossils in Rocks
  • Identify Rocks with Fossils in Them
  • Know how Fossils are Formed
  • Learn About Fossils
  • Look at Different Fossils

Checked learning resources

  • How Fossils Are Formed

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 3 KS2 science lesson. I can describe in simple terms how fossils are formed. Fossils tell us about things that lived over 10,000 years ago. Fossils can be formed from different plants and animals. Not every living t

  • More About Fossil Formation

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 3 KS2 science lesson. I can describe a range of different ways in which fossils can be formed. Palaeontology is the study of fossils. Some fossils are formed when tree resin hardens into amber, with living things tr

  • How Fossils Are Formed lesson slides

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 3 KS2 science lesson. I can describe in simple terms how fossils are formed. Fossils tell us about things that lived over 10,000 years ago. Fossils can be formed from different plants and animals. Not every living t

  • How Fossils Are Formed worksheet and quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 3 KS2 science lesson. I can describe in simple terms how fossils are formed. Fossils tell us about things that lived over 10,000 years ago. Fossils can be formed from different plants and animals. Not every living t

  • Science: Rocks: Weathering and Erosion Year 3 Lesson 3

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 3 lesson presentation and activities identify fossils in sedimentary rock and explain what fossils reveal about living things from the past.

  • More About Fossil Formation worksheet and quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Year 3 KS2 science lesson. I can describe a range of different ways in which fossils can be formed. Palaeontology is the study of fossils. Some fossils are formed when tree resin hardens into amber, with living things tr

  • More About Fossil Formation lesson slides

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 3 KS2 science lesson. I can describe a range of different ways in which fossils can be formed. Palaeontology is the study of fossils. Some fossils are formed when tree resin hardens into amber, with living things tr

  • Science: Rocks: How Are Fossils Formed? Year 3 Lesson 4

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Year 3 lesson presentation and activities sequence fossil formation and use Mary Anning evidence to identify and interpret different fossils.