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Alberta's Fossil Heritage

  • Was naming the Royal Tyrrell Museum after Joseph Tyrrell an appropriate choice for this important centre of Alberta's fossil heritage?
  • Who deserves to own rare natural fossils and sacred objects?

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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Specific Outcome 4.1.1.2 - Students will appreciate how Alberta's fossil heritage contributes to the province's unique character (LPP)
Specific Outcome 4.1.3.1 - How did archeologists and paleontologists discover the presence of dinosaurs in Alberta? (LPP, TCC)
Specific Outcome 4.1.4.4 - In what ways does the Royal Tyrrell Museum contribute to scientific knowledge regarding Alberta's fossil heritage? (ER, LPP, TCC)
Specific Outcome 4.1.4.5 - How can ownership of a discovered artifact be determined? (C, ER, PADM)
Specific Outcome 4.S.1.3 - Students will re-evaluate opinions to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue
Specific Outcome 4.S.4.1 - Contribute and apply new ideas and strategies, supported with facts and reasons, to decision making and problem solving
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.1 - Students will develop the skills of skimming and scanning to gather relevant information
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.2 - Students will organize and synthesize information gathered from a variety of sources
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.3 - Students will use graphic organizers, such as webbing or Venn diagrams, to make meaning of information
Specific Outcome 4.S.7.4 - Students will draw and support conclusions, based on information gathered, to answer a research question
Specific Outcome 4.S.8.3 - Students will listen to others in order to understand their perspectives
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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