Fossils Provide Hands-On Learning

Mr. Dave Spudy, a 3rd-grade teacher at Sunrise Estates Elementary School obtained two fossil kits for his classroom through funding from the DonorsChoose crowdsourcing platform. 


Spudy teaches about fossils in his science classes and wanted to supplement his lectures with some hands-on studies.  He commented, “With these kits, the kids can hold the fossils in their hands and examine them, and then I can teach them about how fossils form.”
 
fossil kit
One of the new fossil kits
 
Some of the fossils
Fossils
 
Liam Pawlak and Anthony Ribar examine the fossils
Liam Pawlak and Anthony Ribar examine the fossils
 
Ethan Castma, Hope Tullis, and Gia Hooper examine the fossils
Ethan Castma, Hope Tullis, and Gia Hooper examine the fossils