BURGESS SHALE RESOURCE KIT Order the Burgess Shale Resource Kit for your class!

Creatures 512 million years old come alive for your class!

Fossils in the sky! In 1909, high on the western slope of Mt. Field, Charles Walcott, paleontologist and Secretary to the Smithsonian Institution, discovered some amazing fossils. Now known as the Burgess Shale, this site contains the world’s finest Cambrian-aged fossils. In recognition of the unique and exceptionally well-preserved fossils of soft-bodied marine organisms that lived in Cambrian seas 515 million years ago, UNESCO identified the Burgess Shale as a World Heritage Site in 1981. The diverse and sometimes bizarre animals preserved in the shale represent a complete ecosystem that existed for only a very short time, relatively speaking, after the first explosion of multicellular life on earth.

Burgess Shale World Heritage Site, Yoho National Park, British Columbia: http://www.pc.gc.ca/burgessshale Take a hike to the Burgess Shale: http://www.youtube.com/user/ParksCanadaAgency#p/u/26/NKoXbbOMIJs

Burgess Shale Resource Kit: Created to engage grades 1 to 12 in discovering the amazing story of the unique and exceptional fossils found at the Burgess Shale World Heritage site in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. Content: • real fossils, PowerPoint presentations, resource books, curriculum linked lesson plans, cloth models, plastic models, videos, maps, & more... Now information and some lesson plans also in French!

Loans to School Districts: from 2 weeks to 3 months (fill out order form on next page) Cost: School Districts pay shipping costs, kits are sent by courier and cost varies depending on distance.

Produced through the cooperation of Yoho National Park, Parks Canada; the Royal Ontario Museum and The Peace River Science, Technology and Innovation Council.

BURGESS SHALE RESOURCE KIT

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