Microfossil Fun Kit

In this activity, designed by Rick Crosslin, students separate microfossils from an Ordovician-age dry clay soil sample and then observe them using hand lenses and/or stereomicroscopes.

Upper-level students can also identify and classify the microfossils into the appropriate taxonomic group. Two levels of instructions are included for grades 5 to 7 and 8 to 10. Includes materials for eight student groups.