Description
Package includes five STEM related Virtual Education Programs that explore Virginia?s rich biological and geological history. Programs are innovative, engaging, and tailored to specific standards of learning based on grade level.
Kits included are:
Junior Paleontologist
Start your own collection with this fossil identification kit
Kit contents include:
Bag of assorted fossils
Fossil identification book
Magnifying glass
Virginia State Fossil - Chesapecten jeffersonius
Owl Pellet Dissection
Learn about food chains by dissecting owl pellets
Kit contents include:
2 owl pellets
Bone ID sheet
Ziplock bag for bones
2 toothpicks (to aid with dissection)
Information sheet - ?What Is An Owl Pellet??
Bugs in a Box
Explore insect life cycles with mealworms
Kit contents include:
Bug viewer with magnifying top
Small plastic container of oatmeal that contains 5 mealworms
Small piece of carrot (food for mealworms)
Worksheet
Piece of paper and piece of plastic
2 small pieces of paper towel
Life cycle craft with 1 paper fastener
Flying High
Experimenting with variables and water ratio to explore the height of film canister rockets
Kit contents include:
1 film canister
3 alka seltzer tablets
Experiment chart
Let's Make a Fossil
Create a cast (replica) of a fossil shark tooth or seashell
Kit contents include:
Playdough
Shark tooth
Sea shell
2 small cups
2 toothpicks
Plaster
Example fossil image
**Please note that cooking spray is needed for this kit and is not included
Item Special Note
Donated by the Virginia Museum of Natural History