This term in Science the Year 3’s have been learning about fossils. We have learnt about the differences between bones and fossils.
There are three types of fossils – body fossils, trace fossils and chemical fossils. There are many different ways that fossilisation occurs. However, we have been focusing on how fossils form in rocks (both body and trace fossils).
Fossilisation only takes place in sedimentary rocks as the heat from the lava that creates igneous rocks and changes the structure of metamorphic rocks would be too high for fossils to survive.
We are using the fossilisation process to create our own fossils!
