Welcome to Fossil Finders WEBSITE
*This website and the educational materials connected with it are currently being pilot tested by a group of fifth through ninth grade teachers. Materials will be available nationally in 2010. If you would like to participate in a summer professional development program and pilot the Fossil Finders curriculum in your classroom, visit the TEACHER ZONE for more information.
The Fossil Finders Project engages children in classrooms across the country in an authentic investigation of Devonian fossils in an attempt to answer the question"Do the organisms in the shallow Devonian sea stay the same during environmental changes?" Applications from 5th through 9th grade science teachers are currently being accepted for a limited number of spaces in the Fossil Finders summer professional development workshop. Applications are due March 2, 2009 for the summer workshop, August 9-14 at the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY. Teachers from schools serving diverse and underrepresented student groups are strongly encouraged to apply. The Fossil Finders project will prepare teachers to use fossils to engage students in studying geological and evolutionary concepts, nature of science and scientific inquiry.
Spotlight
Click on the link below to read about the Chenango Forks class field trip investigating Devonian-aged fossils in central New York!
Announcement
The Teacher Application form for August 2009 is now available for downloading. We are accepting applications from teachers from all 50 states. To learn more about our summer 2009 workshop, click here or go to Teacher Zone and click on Registration to find our brochure and application.
Teachers from schools serving diverse and underrepresented student groups are strongly encouraged to apply.Read
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