The Great Fossil Hunt:  Learn how to identify a real fossil and how to create a dig pit grid system to help you remember the location of your fossils. Students practice scientific illustration and make inferences about the origins of fossils. This hands-on class incorporates paleontology with the adventure of a mini-dig...this is one Great Fossil Hunt you won't want your students to miss! Includes a tour of Evolving Planet.

Recommended for grades 3 - 5.

Free Day at the Museum for other family members

Registration required: $5 per child.  Registration open through January 17.

• Meet at the Group Doors on the East side of the Museum at 9:30am.
• The group will walk with our kids to the Fossil class. 
• Parents do not attend the class but are asked to remain and enjoy the Museum during the class. 
• It is a free day at the Museum. 
• Parents pick students up at noon from the classroom.

Email CGCC South Suburban Coordinator Tamara Grady, if you have any questions.

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Additional Resources

Some interesting online fossil sites and activities ahead of time:

http://www.abc.net.au/beasts/fossilfun/

http://www.fossilsforkids.com/Website_Directory.html

After attending the Great Fossil Hunt, kids may enjoy visiting Dave's Rock Shop in Evanston.  They have a wonderful Illinois fossil collection in the basement that is open to public, as well as fun rocks and fossils in the shop area.

http://davesrockshop.com/