My Science Box

Time
20 minute class discussion on the types of fossils and how they form
30 minutes create the Choose Your Own Fossil Adventure book

Grouping
Individual

Materials

• Pictures of different types of fossils (see sources for some recommendations of great websites if you don’t have access to books on fossils)
• Copy of Choose Your Own Fossil Adventure pages
• Scissors
• Stapler
• Optional: 8.5 X 11 paper
• Optional: colored pencils or markers
• Optional: a chunk of modeling clay or Playdoh

Setting
Classroom