Fossil Dig
Fossils are clues preserved in rock; palaeontologists carefully uncover their shapes and positions, then fit that evidence together to infer what an extinct animal looked like.
Earth and Life ScienceAges 8-12~9 min🎙️ Voice tutor
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What your child will figure out
- Brush a rock layer carefully enough to expose fossil clues in their original positions.
- Reconstruct a skeleton by matching recovered fossil shapes to anatomically constrained positions.
- Make and test a body-shape prediction from partial fossil evidence.
- Transfer evidence-based reconstruction to an unfamiliar fossil creature.
The levels
- First clue
Brush away a continuous rock veil to expose five mineral fossil regions in situ.
- Rebuild it
Fit each recovered fossil group into the matching body structure.
- Field prediction
Infer a body span from only a skull, rib cage, and leg clue.
- New creature
Transfer careful uncovering and structural tracing to an unfamiliar marine reptile fossil.
Ready when they are.
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