Gonna catch a big one...
One of the advantages of living in our town is that we have direct access to some pretty cool fossils. I kid you not, next to the desert and the mountains there is an area nicknamed "fossil valley" and it does not disappoint. The area is completely open and you can take what you like, so we rambled around there a month or two ago and collected some small fossils to take home and wash. Most of the fossils were types of shells (sometimes really big shells), although occasionally we found a little sea creature type of fossil or sometimes a snail and sometimes petrified wood--it was really cool, and I think the kids were almost as excited as I was. Nothing like some hands-on learning!
One of the advantages of living in our town is that we have direct access to some pretty cool fossils. I kid you not, next to the desert and the mountains there is an area nicknamed "fossil valley" and it does not disappoint. The area is completely open and you can take what you like, so we rambled around there a month or two ago and collected some small fossils to take home and wash. Most of the fossils were types of shells (sometimes really big shells), although occasionally we found a little sea creature type of fossil or sometimes a snail and sometimes petrified wood--it was really cool, and I think the kids were almost as excited as I was. Nothing like some hands-on learning!
