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FLASHCARD · SCIENCE, NATURE & DISCOVERY · AGES 4–5 YEARS

Dinosaur Fossil Flashcard for Preschoolers

Fossils are the stone-hard remains of living things from long ago: buried fast, pressed by layers, and turned to rock over millions of years — that is how we know dinosaurs at all.

A science flashcard: a child brushing dirt off a buried dinosaur skeleton, with the fact that fossils help us learn about dinosaurs.
Dinosaur FossilCard 30 of 35 · Science, Nature & Discovery

What this card opens up

Explains how old bones turn into stone stories.

Try it for real

Salt-dough dig: press a toy dino in, excavate with spoon and brush.

What kids learn from it

Fossils are pressed remains from very long ago.

Print tips

Museum-visit warm-up material.

A question to ask

Bury it in the flour bin for a second dig.

Teach it, step by step

Want the full walkthrough? Open the Dinosaur Fossil lesson on the Learning Path.

From the Science, Nature & Discovery (Class 31) class on the Learning Path.

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