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YOUR RESEARCH ROLE, PALEONTOLOGY EXPERT: |
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See your Note Taking Guide below. Print it out now! Please use it as you
gather information.
Everyone first goes to the three websites linked here for every team
member to see. View these websites together if possible.
After that, your job is to gather information on the importance of the
radiolarian fossil. You are responsible for collecting data
and images for your topic.
Do that by exploring the websites for your topic linked below.
Make sure to use the Note Taking Guide for the Paleontology Expert (see
below).
Choose at least:
>> four facts
>> three images
that will support your recommendation, and share them in your group meeting.
Note: The slide presentation MUST include a list of sources used. See the
SAMPLE SLIDE on the "Files for You" page for an example. Go to the
Easybib.com website, linked below, for help in creating a bibliography. |
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WEBSITES FOR YOU TO VISIT: |
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"Radiolarians.” This is the first of THREE WEBSITES FOR EVERY GROUP MEMBER
TO SEE BEFORE THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
What are radiolarians? Did you know they were found in the stones of the
Egyptian pyramids? Learn the basics about “rads” here.
http://oceanlink.island.net/oinfo/radiolarians/radiolarian.html |
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“How the SEM Works” This is the second of THREE WEBSITES FOR EVERY GROUP
MEMBER TO SEE BEFORE THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
Click on “Self-Paced Tour” and go through the self-directed slide show to
understand what it takes to use a scanning electron microscope.
http://www.mos.org/sln/SEM/works.html |
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“Animal Images” This is the third of THREE WEBSITES FOR EVERY GROUP MEMBER
TO SEE BEFORE THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
Check out the radiolarians using different powers of the scanning electron
microscope. This website has other good information you should also know
about radiolarians.
http://www.mos.org/sln/SEM/gallery/archive/animals.html |
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“The Main Fossil Groups” Read about each of the fossil groups at the U.S.
Geological Survey Paleontology website. Geologists especially rely on
microfossils for information. Find out why.
http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/groups.shtml |
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“What is Micropaleontology?” Micropaleontology studies tiny fossils, but is
a huge part of the paleontology world. Also, did you know that microfossils
are important for oil exploration? Discover why, plus learn whether
radiolaria are predatory or vegetative organisms.
http://www.micropress.org/micropress/mp1.html |
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“Radiolaria” Scroll halfway down this page to the “Images” portion and check
out all the radiolaria! Each specimen has a description, including where it
came from, its size in microns, and whether a light microscope (LM) or
scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used. How many of these images will
you include in your final PowerPoint presentation?
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/radiolaria.html |
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This website makes creating a bibliography so easy!
http://www.easybib.com |
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YOUR NOTE TAKING GUIDE: |
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Note Taker Guide for
The Paleontology Expert
Why are radiolarian fossils so important?
How old is the oldest radiolarian known to us?
Why have radiolarians been around for millions of years?
How were they found in the stones of the pyramids?
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