Fossils-Facts-And-Finds Site Map

The Fossils-facts-and-finds Site Map is designed to help you find the topics of interest to you. It lists all of the pages of this site organized by catagories.

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• About Us
• Contact Us
• fossils blog
• fossils FAQ
• Fossil Collecting 
• Types of Fossil Collections 
• Fossil buying Guide
• What is a fossil?
  
•  Fossil Identification
  
•  A Fossil Lesson Plan: The Magic Bag 
• What Is A Fossil? Crossword Puzzle 
• What Is A Fossil? Wordsearch
• How are fossils formed?
  
•  Fossil Formation: The Work of Ages 
• Fossils and Geologic Time Crossword Puzzle
  
•  Fossils and Geologic Time Wordsearch Puzzle
• Ammonites 
• Ammonites Structure and Classification 
• The Mythology of the Ammonite Fossil 
• Ammonite Crossword Puzzle 
• Ammonite Wordsearch Puzzle
• Brachiopods
  
•  Brachiopod Classification 
• Mucrospirifer The Winged Brachiopods 
• Brachiopods Crossword Puzzle 
• Brachiopods Wordsearch
• Crinoids 
• A Buyer's Guide to Crinoid Fossils 
• Crinoid Body Parts 
• Crinoid Crossword Puzzle 
• Crinoid Wordsearch
• Megalodon
  
•  Is Megalodon The great-great grandfather of the Great White Shark or just a distant cousin? 
• Megalodon Teeth, Information and Buyer's Guide 
• Megalodon Crossword Puzzle 
• Megalodon Wordsearch
• Orthoceras 
• Orthoceras Fossil Classification
• Spinosaurus African Carnosaur
• Trilobites 
• Which Trilobite Is Which?
  
• Trilobite Classification 
• Trilobite Environments 
• Trilobites In The Paleozoic Era 
• Trilobites Crossword Puzzle
•  Trilobites Wordsearch
• Clock of Eras A graphic illustration of geologic time on earth.
•  The Hadean Time 
• The Archaean Era 
• The Proterozoic Era 
• The Paleozoic Era 
• The Mesozoic Era 
• The Cenozoic Era
• Geologic Time Line 
• The Precambrian Era
  
• The Cambrian Period
  
• The Ordovician Period
  
• The Silurian Period
  
• The Devonian Period 
• The Carboniferous Period 
• The Permian Period 
• The Triassic Period 
• The Jurassic Period 
• The Cretaceous Period 
• The Tertiary Period 
• The Quaternary Period
• Earth Science Lesson Plans A collection of lesson plans that are focused on geologic time. 
• An overview of the Clock of Eras lessons
  
• Introducing the Clock of Eras 
• The Hadean Time 
• The Archaean Era 
• The Proterozoic Era 
• The Paleozoic Era 
• The Mesozoic Era 
• The Cenozoic Era 
• Build Your Own Volcano Model
• Activities for Kids This page contains a list of printer friendly crossword and wordsearch puzzles on geologic time.
• Fossil lesson Plans 
• The Magic Bag: A Fossil Lesson Plan 
• The Mystery Box An overview of the Parts of a Fossil lessons 
• How to create your own Parts of a fossil materials 
• The Process of Fossilization: Create your own fossil digThis is a demonstration of how fossils are formed and a preparation for the following lesson Fossil excavation. This lesson works well with all age groups.
  
•  The Fossil HuntTime to dig up that fossil that was prepared in the previous lesson. 
• The parts of a Trilobite Lesson Plan 
• The parts of a Crinoid Lesson Plan
• Fossil Activities This page contains a list of printer friendly crossword and wordsearch puzzles on fossils.
• Fossil Coloring Pages This page contains a list of printer friendly fossil coloring pages. 
• The Trilobites Coloring Page T
• he Paleozoic Sea Coloring Page 
• The Crinoids Coloring Page 
• The Brachiopods Scene Coloring Page 
• The Ammonite and Orthoceras Coloring Page 
• The Brachiopods Coloring Page
  
•  The Ammonites Coloring Page
• Dinosaur Coloring Pages This page contains a list of printer friendly Dinosaur coloring pages. 
• Archaeopteryx Coloring Page
•  Sauropods Coloring Page
•  Stegosaurus Coloring Page
  
•  Tyrannosaurus Rex Coloring Page
  
•  Triceratops Coloring Page
• Montessori Materials A collection of printer friendly booklets on fossils and geologic time written for elementary students.
  
• Sample Booklet From The TimeLine of Life Periods Set 
• free printable version of The Cretaceous Period Booklet The Clock of Eras
• free printable version of The Cenozoic Booklet
•  Fossil Research 
• free printable version of The Ammonites Fossil Booklet 
• Geology Activities: Starting a Geology Club - Learn how to start a geology club for your kids.
  
• Fossil Hunting Stories From Colorado and Beyond A collection of fossil hunting stories and rock hound adventures.
  
• fossil hunting sites This is where to find places you can hunt your own fossils. 
• A Colorado Rock Hounding Adventure Brachiopod discovery in Costilla County, CO.
  
• Fossil Hunting on Baculite Mesa Finding Baculites in Pueblo County, CO.
  
• The Perils of Fossil Collecting Fossil collecting disaster in Indiana.
  
• Ezine Sign-Up Sign up for our ezine for the latest in fossil discoveries, discounts on fossil purchases, and more!
  

• Articles on Fossils and Education 
• Teaching History The Big Picture Teaching history From a Montessori perspective
•  Fossils: A Teaching Tool To Promote Enthusiastic Learning How you can use Fossils as a teaching tool to promote enthusiastic classroom learning in all subjects.
  
•  The Magic Bag: An earth science activity An article on using the Magic Bag activity to introduce fossils into the classroom.
•  Special Education Students Succeed In Fossil Preparation Class An article about a class in fossil preparation in which special education children did as well or better than the rest of the class.
  
• Finding Fossil Information on The Web An article about the search for fossil information on the web.
  
• Fossil Art-Hot Trends in Decorating At the recent Denver Fossil, Gem, and Mineral Show I couldn’t help but listen with wonder as dealer after dealer reported the furious buying of large fossil specimens for Japanese homes and businesses. It seems that the Japanese are not only fascinated with these ancient relics, they want them for art pieces. Home decorating ideas with fossils.
  
• The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show is underway again. Whether you arrive for the fossils or the minerals, the annual show held in Tucson is more amazing with each passing year.
  
• The Denver Gem and Mineral Show The Denver Gem and Mineral Show in the fall has blossomed into a multi-site venue that’s reminiscent of the huge Tucson winter show.
  

Fossils-Facts-and-finds Site map

Links Directory Links and descriptions of other educational, and fossil sites.

Fossil Resources -Links and descriptions of other fossil sites.

Education links -Links and descriptions of education sites.

Montessori -A resource of Montessori links for Montessori materials, philosophy, associations, schools, and job opportunities.

Home school links -Links and descriptions of resources for home schooling.

Earth Science Links -Links and descriptions of sites earth science, geology, and earth history.

Kids Activities Links -Links and descriptions of sites with kids activities.

Fossil Information For Education, Collecting, and Fun

Dinosaurs Central Learn about Dinosaurs here.

Dinosaur Classification How do Scientists sort out dinosaurs.

What Is A Dinosaur Who is in the Dinosaur club and why.

T Rex Learn all about t rex here, where they lived,when they lived, how big, and more.

Check out some of the Educational Materials for sale on our sister site fossilicious.com.

Young Paleontologist Book and Fossil Set 25 children's books, 24 fossils and 100's of pages of online activities $84.95

18 Piece Fossil Set 18 fossils with identification cards $23.95

Clock of Ers Ebook This ebook is full of extensions, activities, lab sheets, and materials to support the Clock of Eras concepts. $24.95

Geologic Time

Geologic Time Line

Geologic Time Periods

Clock of Eras

Cenozoic Era
  Quaternary
  Neogene
  Paleogene

Mesozoic Era
  Cretaceous
  Jurassic
  Triassic

Paleozoic Era
  Permian
  Carboniferous
  Devonian
  Silurian
  Ordovician
  Cambrian

Precambrian Time

Proterozoic Era

Archean Time

Hadean Time

Teachers Resources
Activities for Education and Fun

Earth Science Lesson Plans

Activities For Kids

Fossil Lesson Plans

Fossil Activities

Education Articles

Coloring Pages

Dinosaur Coloring Pages

Montessori Materials

Geology Club

Fossil Hunting

Children's Books on Geologic Periods 13 Books, One for each Period of Geologic time $35.95

Children's Books on Geologic Eras 6 Books, One for each Era of Geologic time $18.95

Children's Books on Fossils 4 Books on Trilobites, Ammonites, Crinoids, and Brachiopods $13.95