PRACTICING PALEONTOLOGY

5-6 sheets of newspaper
1 screw driver
1 ruler

1 fossil rock
1 pair of safety goggles

1. Cover your desk with the newspaper to make clean-up easier and to protect your desk.

2. Put on your safety goggles and keep them on until you are done with the activity. Why?

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3. Use the screw driver to chip away at the fossil rock. Describe what you find:

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In what way(s) is your discovery like that of a real paleontologist?

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In what way(s) is it different?

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