What Lived Here Long Ago? How Do We Know?

FALL, 2003-2004

1st Graders looked for the answers to these questions as they studied Prehistory through the lens of “the life of a rock.”  They studied fossil formation and rock layers.  They used fossils from the local region to discover the sequence of prehistoric plant and animal development.  Our investigations focused on the time when this region was covered by a warm sea, on the dinosaurs whose remains have been discovered elsewhere, and on the Mastodon which roamed this area during the Ice Age.  Field studies included a fossil dig and work at the RMSC with docents and George McIntosh, the resident paleontologist.  The students used what they learned to design interactive displays that accompanied exhibits at the RMSC.  Students also served as museum docents for our new kindergarten class.