Uncover the mysteries of prehistoric life with our exciting Paleontologist's Backpack Kit! This comprehensive kit transforms students into fossil hunters while teaching real paleontology skills through hands-on exploration.
The kit includes essential paleontologist tools and materials:
- Excavation tools
- Magnifying glass for detailed specimen examination
- Plaster of Paris and modeling materials for creating fossil casts
- Real fossiliferous limestone for examination
- Dinosaur skeleton model
- Safety equipment including goggles
- Specimen display box for collections
- Learn to identify and test real fossils using scientific methods
- Create trace fossils and understand how they form
- Make professional fossil molds and casts
- Excavate real fossiliferous limestone
- Conduct their own fossil dig
- Learn proper fossil collection techniques
- Develop specimen identification and classification skills
- Start their own fossil collection
The detailed manual guides students through each activity with clear instructions, important safety notes, and age-appropriate scientific explanations. It also includes fascinating information about different types of fossils, fossilization processes, and prehistoric life that brings the activities to life. Inspire your student's interest in paleontology and possibly spark a future career studying prehistoric life with this comprehensive kit that brings real fossil science right to your home!
Note: Backpack may vary based on supplier availability.
WarningCHOKING HAZARD: Small parts. Not for children under 3 years. Adult supervision required.
SAFETY NOTE: Educational Use Only. This product is intended exclusively for educational purposes. It is strictly prohibited for use in medical situations. Supervision by a responsible adult is recommended for students under 18 years of age.
This kit includes:
- Chip brush
- Dig-a-Dinosaur Kit
- Dinosaur skeleton
- Display box
- Forceps
- Fossil & Rock Test Kit
- Fossiliferous limestone
- Goggles
- Graduated cups
- Magnifying glass
- Matches
- Measuring scoop
- Modeling dough
- Pie plate
- Plaster of Paris
- Probe
- Rock pick
- Stirring rod
- 3-LS4-1: Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
- 4-ESS1-1: Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time.
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