![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
A video my students are watching, part 2
Aug. 6th, 2020 03:41 pmSince the local museum hasn't reopened yet, I'm sending my students on a virtual field trip with videos produced by the museum. Here's the second.
Explore fossils you would find in the bedrock of Michigan from 380 million years ago! Our Curator of Earth and Life Sciences, John Zawiskie, uncovers what once roamed Michigan’s tropical seas with specimens from our collections. From corals, to trilobites, to Petoskey stones, and more, learn about the history that lies beneath Michigan and what that teaches us about the natural world around us today.
Now the questions I'm asking my students to answer as they watch the video.
12. What is the name of the period and the absolute age of the bedrock under metro Detroit?
13. What is the name for loose pieces of these rocks? HINT: It's the Michigan State Rock.
14. What modern location was Michigan like at this time?
15. How many days were there in a year when these rocks were deposited?
16. What organisms created the reefs that became the rocks under Detroit? Name at least two.
17. What other organisms lived in the reefs? Name at least two.
18. Which mineral sometimes replaced the shells of some fossils and interior of burrows?
19. What was the climate like in Michigan when these organisms lived and the bedrock formed? HINT: It's in the titles of the videos.
20. Which mineral and energy resources can people get out of limestone?
Explore fossils you would find in the bedrock of Michigan from 380 million years ago! Our Curator of Earth and Life Sciences, John Zawiskie, uncovers what once roamed Michigan’s tropical seas with specimens from our collections. From corals, to trilobites, to Petoskey stones, and more, learn about the history that lies beneath Michigan and what that teaches us about the natural world around us today.
Now the questions I'm asking my students to answer as they watch the video.
12. What is the name of the period and the absolute age of the bedrock under metro Detroit?
13. What is the name for loose pieces of these rocks? HINT: It's the Michigan State Rock.
14. What modern location was Michigan like at this time?
15. How many days were there in a year when these rocks were deposited?
16. What organisms created the reefs that became the rocks under Detroit? Name at least two.
17. What other organisms lived in the reefs? Name at least two.
18. Which mineral sometimes replaced the shells of some fossils and interior of burrows?
19. What was the climate like in Michigan when these organisms lived and the bedrock formed? HINT: It's in the titles of the videos.
20. Which mineral and energy resources can people get out of limestone?
