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Fossils
1. Draw, photograph, or collect at least ten different kinds of fossils, and label each with its name and where it is found.
2. Have a brief definition of each of the following in your notebook:
3. Visit a museum where fossils are on display and make a written or oral report of your trip.
4. Describe the process of the proper removal of delicate specimens. Tell how a skeleton of a dinosaur or other gigantic fossil would be removed. Why should beginners not remove such specimens? What should be done by the beginner when he finds what is obviously a valuable fossil?
5. Explain the difference in the account scientists give for the presence of fossils as related by evolutionists and creationists.
Skill Level 2
Original Honor 1944
Nature
North American Division
Original Honor 1944
Updated 2018