Educator-Led ProgramsFossil Casting
*Now available in French/Maintenant disponible en français!*
In this popular program, each student creates a replica of a Museum fossil to take home - complete with details about the fossil's age and where it was found. Participants also learn how moulds and casts are made at the Museum, and get "hands-on" with some real fossils. Students in grades 5 - 12 examine the chemical reaction involved in the casting process.
Allergy Alert: latex moulds are used in the making of the casts.
Download a PDF of Cast Painting Instructions here.
Moulage de fossile
Dans ce programme très populaire, chaque étudiant fabrique un moulage d'un fossile du Musée qu’il ou elle rapportera à la maison – incluant les détails sur l'âge du fossile et l’endroit d’où il provient. Les étudiants apprendront également comment les moules et les moulages sont fabriqués au Musée. Les étudiants de la 5e à la 12e année examineront la réaction chimique impliquée dans le processus de fabrication de moulages.
Mise en garde: Les moules de latex sont employés dans la fabrication des moulages.
Télécharger le fichier PDF des instructions pour la peinture de moulage.
Booking Information
Toll free in North America (outside Alberta)
1-888-440-4240
Toll free in Alberta
310-0000 then (403) 823-7707
Outside North America
1-403-823-7707
Email
tyrrell.bookings@gov.ab.ca
When booking your program please ensure you have the following information:
- School name and address (including street, town or city, province, and postal code)
- School phone and fax numbers
- Student information (grade(s), number of students, teachers, and chaperones attending)
Grades
2-12
Class Size
15-30 students
Cost
$8/student
Duration
1 hour
Curriculum Connections
| Grade 2 | Science | Exploring Liquids |
| Grade 3 | Science | Building with a Variety of Materials |
| Grade 4 | Math | Patterns and Relations |
| Grade 5 | Science | Classroom Chemistry |
| Grade 6 | Science | Evidence and Investigation |
| Math | Patterns and Relations | |
| Grade 7 | Science | Heat & Temperature; Planet Earth |
| Grade 8 | Science | Mix and Flow of Matter |
| Grade 9 | Science | Matter & Chemical Change |
| Grade 10 | Science 10 | Energy & Matter in Chemical Change |
| Grade 11 | Science 20 |
Chemical Changes; The Changing Earth Biology 20:Ecosystems and Population Change |
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Lords of the Land
Witness the beauty of the beasts in this exhibit highlighting some of our most rare, fragile, and scientifically significant pieces.
- Seven Wonders Of The Badlands
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Preparation Lab
Watch as fossils found right here in Alberta are prepared by our technicians for research and display.
