Model Magic Fossils

In this lesson, students got to create their own fossils using Model Magic. (I used salt dough last year, but it didn't turn out well.) I passed out a chunk of clay to each student and had them roll their clay into a ball and then flatten it out to the size of a hamburger patty. Then, they used different materials (leaves, sticks, seed pods, plastic animals, etc.) to make impression in the clay, creating their own fossil imprints! They loved this! Many of them wanted their fossils to be perfect, so they re-rolled and re-stamped their clay multiple times until it was exactly how they wanted it. We let them dry and many of the students colored their fossils to look like rocks which really made the imprints stand out.