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