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Fossils: Reading Stories in Stone

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Fossils: Reading Stories in Stone
TypeIntellectual
Level of careIndependent Living
Printables4 handouts

Become a paleontologist for a day and learn how scientists unearth the secrets of the past. Residents will get to see and touch fossil replicas, discovering how a single bone or footprint can tell us how a dinosaur lived, what it ate, and how it died.

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