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How Palaeontologists Work

Science · Dinosaurs & Paleontology · procedural

Describe how palaeontologists work in the field and lab: prospecting for exposed fossils, careful excavation with hand tools, plaster jacketing for transport, preparation in the lab, and scientific description and publication

What mastery looks like

  • List the main stages: prospecting, excavation, jacketing, transport, preparation, study, display
  • Explain why careful excavation with small tools is necessary to avoid damaging the fossil
  • Describe plaster jacketing as wrapping fossils in plaster for safe transport to a lab

Check your understanding

Can How Palaeontologists Work describe the steps a palaeontologist goes through from first spotting a fossil in a cliff to it ending up on display in a museum?