Artifacts

A mold fossil (or fossil mold) is simply this: A living organism such as a plant, seed, fish or mammal, dies and is buried in a sediment of sand, silt or clay. The organism decomposes, but leaves...

Fossils are evidence of creatures that lived long ago. Thousands, even millions of years ago, animals or plants sometimes became encased so completely by mud pr other sediments that they were not...

Making leaf fossils is easy using several easily found ingredients. Using this method, you can make as many leaf fossils as you want, but make sure you use old utensils that you don't need...

Imprint fossils are results of footprints and of plant or animal remains. The remains have been trapped in stone, decayed completely and then dissolved away. The imprint fossil is a permanent...

Making fossils at home combines arts and crafts with science for an interesting activity. Adults create beautiful and interesting works of art with this activity when completing it as a grown-up...

Chances are you don't have a dinosaur footprint in your backyard to make a cast of, but if you want one, you can make your own. The process for taking a cast of any footprint is pretty straight...