Fossils PowerPoint: 7 Year Old Finds Saber Cat Fossil!

This FREE fossils PowerPoint comes courtesy of The National Park Service. (29 slides).

In the summer of 2010, 7 year old junior ranger Kylie Ferguson discovered a saber tooth cat fossil while exploring the Badlands National Park in South Dakota with her family.

This PowerPoint has several real photographs of:

• Kylie, the 7 year old girl who found the amazing fossil
• the importance of leaving fossils alone and telling a park ranger
• the unique Badlands topography where the fossils were found
• digging at the fossil site
• excavating the fossils
• putting a plaster jacket around the fossil to protect it
• removing the rock around the fossil
• preparing fossils in the lab
• the museum quality fossil of saber tooth cat

Get the FREE Lesson Plan that goes with the PowerPoint here!

If you're learning about fossils, this is a terrific resource to share with your class. I stumbled upon it while doing research for my Dinosaur Rhymes.

Enjoy learning about fossils!

Lorrie L. Birchall