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Fossils for Kids
How to Make a Fossil
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~ Fossils are so intricate and when they have been well preserved can
make a lovely picture to color
~ try printing the fossil picture onto watercolor paper ( check it is
suitable for printers) and then watercolour the fossill picture
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~ Maya
loves making "ice Fossils "
too
~ simply find a suitable container that can be put in the freezer, add
some water and suspend a plastic dinosaur or other suitable object in
it
~ put into the freezer for a day and then you can become a Paleontologist
investigating the arctic ice and investigating his
fossil find
~ Prepare to be amazed
what fossil finds are right under
your nose
~ even young children
can become experienced fossil hunters with a little guidance and patience
~ try and look up your nearest local fossil finding
area and prepare a kids activity day to explore the area
~ often there are fossil clubs which you can joine that can offer help
indentifying fossils
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How
to make a Fossil
Ingredients for Making Fossil
1 cup clean sand
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 tsp. alum ((this is a type of spice)
chicken bone or other type of food bone, small plastic dinosaur, a plaster
of paris model of a fossil, a fossil print on plasticine etc anything suitable
as a replica fossil)
Directions for
Making Fossil
~ take an old saucepan ( pot for cooking) and add 1 cup of clean sand
~ pour in 1/2
a cup of water and add the cornstarch
~ Stir well
~ add the alum and stir again
~ Over a medium
heat put the saucepan on the cooker and start heating it whilst constantly
stirring
~ as it slowly heats up it will begin to turn into liguid form
~ after about 2-3 minutes it will get thicker and the fossil making mixture
will stiffen up to the consistency of a cookie dough
~ when dough like remove the fossil making mixture form the heat and give
it a few moments to cool down
~ when the fossil
making mixture is cool to the touch put it onto a chopping board or clean
work surface and mould it with your hands into a ball like shape about
the size of a baseball
~ open it up like a bread roll and put a chicken bone ( or similar see
suggestions on how to make a fossil ingredients above)
~ Now the Fossil Making Mixture Ball needs to dry for a few days in a
warm place until it is completely hard
~ Now let the Fossil Hunt begin
Ideas for Fossil Lesson Plan:
Make your own fossil
Make the fossils with plastic dinosaurs inside then hide them in a large
sandpit for students to find
~ hand out little hammers to tap the fossil find with , crack open to
reveal the "dinosaur fossil" Find
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Tip:
~ Collecting Fossils is a fun and rewarding kids activity that can be
combined with other beachcombing activities too when exploring a fossil
beach like Charmouth in Dorset, UK
~ taking a basic printout of what fossils
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