Life Changed Over Time
Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about organisms that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago
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Can your child explain that the animals and plants alive today are different from those that lived millions of years ago, and that we know this from fossils?
Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about organisms that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago
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- State that living things have changed (evolved) over millions of years
- Describe how fossils form and what information they provide about the past
- Compare a fossil organism with a modern relative, noting similarities and differences
“Can your child explain that the animals and plants alive today are different from those that lived millions of years ago, and that we know this from fossils?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Dinosaurs & Paleontology
- Age range
- Ages 10–11
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