Sierra Foothill Charter School students in transitional kindergarten through second grades visited the Fossil Discovery Center in Chowchilla last week. The students learned about the extinct wildlife that roamed the valley. All of the fossils on display were discovered in a local landfill. An employee was digging a new hole and hit a bone that belonged to a Woolly Mammoth. Soon, many fossils were uncovered and thanks to some caring people and hard work they are on display. The animals lived and died in this very area 700,000 years ago. The students learned about the environment and how it has changed over time. They learned how the fossils were discovered and how they remove them from the ground. Students also had a chance to pretend to be paleontologists and dig for fossils. They loved it!
Mylee Allen, Rhu Jones, Gavin Edwards (peeking behind Rhu), Sage Inman, Tyler Knauf, Morgan Imrie, Westley Sheffield, and Bret Brown stand in front of the Woolly Mammoth.
Students were able to touch the very impressive displays.
Rhu Jones and Sage Inman work on digging up fossils.
Mylee Allen uses one of the guide books from the museum to identify the bone she found.
Students were taken on a guided tour of the displays including one of the first woman paleontologist, Mary Anning.

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