Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Discover the contribution to science of the great 19th century fossil hunter Mary Anning.
• Understand the process of fossil formation and be able to describe it in simple terms.

Activities

1. Engage (through role play) with the great fossil hunter Mary Anning and ask questions to discover her story.
2. Learn how fossils are made and record by writing and illustrating the stages or through sequencing a text.
3. Make their own “fossil” of a shell using a plasticine mould and plaster of Paris.
4. Handle real fossils and rehearse the stages of fossil formation through oral retelling.

Investigation - analysing secondary sources
Learn about how fossils are made and the life and contribution of the great fossil hunter Mary Anning.

Vocabulary
Fossil, ichthyosaur, plesiosaur, ammonite, sediment, minerals, mould, cast