Paleontologist Starter Kit

Paleontologist Starter Kit Grades: K-2 Number of Students: 1   Highlights: Discover the ins-and-outs of a career in paleontology! Use tools to excavate bones, then assemble them into a dinosaur skeleton display. Make amazingly detailed fossil impressions with a set of mini dinosaurs, modeling clay, and plaster. Read about the geologic timescale, how fossils are formed, and the on-the-job adventures of a real paleontologist. Then hang up a poster featuring colossal fossil facts and some of the most dazzling dinosaurs of prehistory. Ready to dig in to all things dino?   Curriculum or Lesson Topics: Prehistoric creatures Fossil information STEM professions   What’s Included: Materials required to learn basic paleontology subjects. excavation block (with bones inside) mallet chisel brush mess mat air-dry clay 1 oz (28 g) 3 modeling clay packs, each 3 oz (85g) 3 plaster of Paris packs, each 2 oz (56g) bone identification sheet support piece 6 paper cups 5 stir sticks 3 mini dinosaurs brown paint 1 fl oz (30 mL) scoop poster Step-by-step instructions to aid in the use of the kit folder of paleontologist information