You Will Need

Provided Resources

• Instructions on making fossils
• Mary Anning notes
• Teacher’s notes
• Copies of the task sheets

Additional Resources

• A few costume props to role play Mary Anning - an early 19th century poor woman (e.g. white apron, shawl, straw hat)
• A selection of seashells with distinctive shapes, e.g. cockles
• A quantity of Plasticine – a lump the size of a large plum per child
• Small rolling pins
• Flat boards or trays – enough to hold all the “fossils”
• Thick card – cut into strips - 4 x 22cm approx. and rectangles 10 x 15cm approx (1 of each per child) and paper clips
• Plaster of Paris (or alternative)
• Poster paint in shades of brown/ grey/ ochre
• Coloured crayons

Weblinks
15 minute, child-friendly summary of Mary’s life from www.bbc.co.uk
Short animation explaining how fossils are formed from www.planet-science.com
A good, illustrated child-friendly account of how fossils are made from www.oum.ox.ac.uk