Make Your Own Fossil Collection | Paleontology Craft | Geology Project

Help your students make their own fossil collection as you study earth science, paleontology, geology, dinosaurs, or other relevant science topics! This hands-on activity allows students to explore the ancient history of our planet while learning about the importance of fossils in understanding Earth’s past.

Cut out the fossils and glue them onto the collection page or into the collection box, providing students with a fun and engaging way to organize what they’ve learned. This project comes with two versions: one for younger students with simpler fossil shapes, and another with more detailed illustrations.

Use this project to supplement discussions on how fossils are formed and what they reveal about extinct species and past environments. Encourage students to personalize their collections and discuss what types of environments their fossils might have come from.

This creative activity not only enriches their understanding of fossils but also reinforces critical thinking and observation skills.

What You Get:

• 4 vocabulary strips

• 2 teacher posters

• 1 fossil collection page

• basic fossil cut-outs

• 1 paper box template (staple the two layers together to make it open and close!)

• fossil cut-outs with traceable words for younger students

• Color and cut out paleontologist tools.

• 2 response worksheets

• 3 emerging writer prompts