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Time Detectives at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery
Cultural and Community Services
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Time Detectives, are you ready for your mission?
To find out about the objects in Buxton Museum
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Museums help us find out about the past
What will we see and touch?
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How can we find out about the objects in the Museum?
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Think of a question about this object?
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Questions to ask…
What is it made of?What else does it look like?
What might it have been used for?
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Get ready, Time Detectives, now it’s your turn!!
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What is a fossil?
A fossil is the remains of an animal or plant
which lived in the past and is now
found preserved in rocks.
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How are fossils formed?
• A fish dies and sinks to the muddy seafloor.
• Hard bones are left as
the soft parts of the fish rot away.
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Time passes…
• Minerals seep into the
skeleton of the fish
• The minerals harden
into rock around the
bones.
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Even more time passes…
• Layers of sand and mud pile on top of the fish.
• The weight of these press down on the fish bones and they harden and stick together to form rock.
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That’s how a fossil is formed!
Plant fossil –
seed fern
leaves
Animal fossil –
gastropod