Fossils

The Grade 2/3 classes visited the library today and I shared a non-fiction book with them. The book is called "Rocks & Fossils" by Margaret Hynes. This book provides a thorough look at earth science with photographs of many rocks, fossils, erosion and weather. We talked about caves, and ancient drawings and fossils. I shared a very special treasure of mine that was found in Costa Rica - a fossilized shell! I gave the students an opportunity to hold a fossil and hoped that this would help encourage them to build their interests in natural science. Some of the students thought that they might want to be geologists when they grown up so that they can be experts on rocks. It was no surprise that all of the rocks, mineral and fossils books flew off the shelves by interested students wanting to learn more about them at home.