You Will Also Need
If possible, a collection of fossils or bones for the class to look at.
For making Plaster of Paris fossils: suitable pots – yogurt pots or similar; clay; collection of small shells; fibrous leaves; small bones; watercolour paints.
For making cast fossils: newspaper; sticky tape; Modroc; warm water.
For making mould fossils: air-drying clay; toy dinosaurs/plastic bones; shells; leaves; sweets in the shape of worms, animals, etc.
For making amber fossils: cheap epoxy resin; yellow food colouring; a small heat-proof mould; something to trap inside the fossil; something to protect the table; warm, soapy water to hand.
Weblinks
How do dinosaur fossils form? Natural History Museum
Oxford University Museum of Natural History fossil information
How to make a fossil with plaster of Paris