We had a great afternoon on Wednesday exploring fossils and the work of palaeontologists. It was a very active classroom with lots of discussion about fossils, how they could be extracted from the ground and the work of palaeontologists.
Our first activity involved removing chocolate chips from a cookie using only a cocktails stick – lots of care and concentration needed here!
Our second task involved putting back together the bones of various animals using an internet game.
In our third task we had to use plastic spoons and toothbrushes to excavate dinosaurs from the sand.
Our fourth and final learning task was to make our own dinosaur fossil using salt dough and dinosaur models.
I noticed your fossils when I was in your classroom. What interesting tasks and so many skills needed to carry them all out.
I love the look of concentration on these young palaeontologists’ faces!