Year 3 - ‘Fossils Rock!’

Year 3 and Year 4 had a really enjoyable visit from the Hertford Museum team on Tuesday.

Year 3 children had the opportunity to see and touch a variety of different igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks during their 'Fossils Rock' workshop. They were able to handle several different fossils, such as ammonites, coral, ferns, a section of tree trunk and bark, sea creatures and even some fossilised poo, which we discovered has its very own fossil name - coprolite! The most spectacular fossil we saw was a megalodon's tooth - it was huge and very, very old! The children learnt such a lot from being able to handle these objects and observe them so closely although Stanley said that he immediately regretted handling the coprolite once he found out what is was! I have found children out on the playground hunting for fossils at lunchtime ever since.