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Florissant Fossil Beds National MonumentA variety of tools used to excavate for fossils
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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Paleontologist's Path

Grades 4 to 6

The following activities are designed to be downloaded by teachers and used in the classroom. Contact our staff to book an activity at the Monument or for a ranger to visit your classroom. School visits are only available for the Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs areas.

Activity Sheets [1mb PDF File]

Power Point for Activity Sheets [8mb Microsoft Power Point File]

Paper Fossils [2mb PDF File]

Fossil Identification Packet [6.5mb PDF File]

Leaf Manual [749k PDF File]

Vocabulary [15k PDF File]

Other Resources

National Park Service Teacher Resources
Historic photograph of tourists in the late 1800's fossil hunting near a train  

Did You Know?
The area now known as Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument had become a popular tourist area by the 1870's.

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Last Updated: July 23, 2006 at 18:41 EST