We had another fantastic trip today when we visited Charmouth beach and Heritage Centre. The children were led by one of the centre wardens who stayed with us throughout the day and taught us all about the different types of fossils that can be found at Charmouth. During our fossil hunt on the beach the children found plenty of belemnites, the odd ammonite (with one fantastic example found), a fine example of a crinoid was also found (the first I had seen on one of our school visits). An example of an ancient sea-urchin (rare in the Charmouth area) and some fossil worm tunnels were also found. All in all it was our most successful fossil hunt ever as a school, the children should all be very pleased with themselves! At this point, I would like to say a special thank-you to all the parents who helped us today on our trip. Without your help today our trip would not have been possible so... THANK-YOU SO MUCH!
If you would like to build on our visit to Charmouth today, why not visit yourself? Your child should now be an expert at finding fossils and will be able to brief you in the fossils hunting code.
To check your child’s understanding following today’s visit why not ask them some of the below questions:
What three periods of time can we find fossils from along the Jurassic Coast?
How did an ammonite move in the water?
What is the name of the fossil collector who found the first ever ichthyosaur?
Why should we not go near the cliffs when fossil hunting?
What is the name of the land dinosaur found at Charmouth beach?
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