9.+Fossils+(60+pts)

Brochure Theme #9:** Fossils ** POTENTIAL MUSEUM POINTS: 60 ** Front cover:  **  - Creative title (3 pts)  - Eye-catching picture/illustration (5 pts) ** Back cover:  **  - Your name and class section (2 pts) ** Inside flaps:  **  - Definition of a fossil and in which types of rocks fossils are found (5 pts)  - Describe what determines which type of fossil is formed (5 pts)  - Select three types of fossils:  o Explain what the fossils are  o Explain how they form  o Illustrate (draw a picture) an example of each of the three types (15 pts)  - What questions could you ask in order to help identify a fossil after it is found? How would those questions help solve how old the fossil is, what it is and how it is preserved? (15 pts)  - Describe an organism that would easily form a fossil. Describe an organism that probably would not leave behind a fossil. Explain the factors that are important for preserving a fossil. (10 pts)