---
title: "S3E2: Fossils as Past Evidence (Georgia Science standard)"
code: S3E2
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, S3E2
subject: science
grades:
  - grade-3
language: en
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source_last_changed: 2025-05-29
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---

# S3E2: Fossils as Past Evidence

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information on how fossils provide evidence of past organisms.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: Grade 3, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/grade-3.md

## Expectations

- **S3E2.a**: Construct an argument from observations of fossils (authentic or reproductions) to communicate how they serve as evidence of past organisms and the environments in which they lived.
- **S3E2.b**: Develop a model to describe the sequence and conditions required for an organism to become fossilized.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.