Museum Kits
ANCIENT SEA LIFE ENCOUNTER KIT
Photos
Activity #1: See the Sea Animals
2 Horn Corals
2 Trilobites
1 Crinoid (crown and stem fragment)
1 Ammonite
6 Pictures of Ancient Marine Animals
3 Pictures of Ancient Marine Animal Life
Poster: Geologic Time Scale (oversized)
Poster: Life on a Coral Reef (oversized)
3 Cardboard backed posters: Paleozoic Marine Life Scenes (oversized)
Activity #2: Let's Sort It Out - Nebraska's Common Invertebrate Fossil
#1 6 Moss Animals
#2 6 Horn Corals
#3 6 Crinoids
#4 6 Cards with Protozoans
#5 6 Clams
#6 6 Brachipods
Key to Fossil Invertebrates
Fossil Background
AIMS Activity
A Dichotomous Key for Creature Features
A Key to Creatures
Activity #3: Jaws (New Activity)
Clam
Cellars of Time
Packet of 20 Shark Teeth (Piercing only)
Modern and Ancient Shark Teeth - Template
Jaws: The Early Years (Explorer Article, 4 sheets)
All About Sharks (Journal Star, mini page, 2 sheets)
Sea Searcher’s Handbook
Poster: The World’s Most Dangerous Sharks (oversized)
1 Shark Jaw (large blue box)
Activity #4: Time Travel
Multicolored Time Line (25 feet long)
33 Event Cards (attached to popsicle sticks)
Event Record Sheet
Quick Reference Card
How Much is a Million?
Nature Scope: Digging into Dinosaurs
Roll of yellow twine (166 feet, oversized)
3 posters each depicting life from a different era (oversized)
Poster: Geologic Time Scale (oversized, also used in Activity #1)
Activity #5: Fossils and Their Living Kin
1 Fossil Snail and 1 Modern Snail Shell
1 Fossil Bivalve and 1 Modern Bivalve Shell
1 Fossil Sea Urchin and 1 Modern Sea Urchin Skeleton
1 Fossil Coral and 1 Modern Coral
1 Fossil Nautiloid
1 Nautilus Shell (oversize)
5 Pictures of Modern Snail, Bivalves, Nautilus, Sea Urchins, Corals
Fossils and Their Living Kin Chart
1-5 Observe and Discover Cards (3 sheets)
5 Sea Animal Life Styles (2 sheets)
Additional Resources:
The Macmillan Book of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures
