Event

Sieving for Small Fossils

Saturday, November 17, 2018 12:00to14:00
Redpath Museum Room 106, 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA
Price: 
Free with donation to the Museum

Learn how to sieve for small fossils with the Redpath Museum's paleontology technician Chantal Montreuil. Once you have mastered the technique of sieving, closely examine your fossil under a dissecting microscope. Does it look different? Would you be able to identify it? Shark teeth, ray teeth, spines, fish scales... what will you find?

Saturday November 17  * Please note that the start time of the workshops have changed.

session 1: 11h45 to 12h45

session 2: 13h15 to 14h15

Bilingual. For children aged 5 and up. Space is limited. Please arrive 15 minutes in advance to register at the front desk. 

You can bring a smock or old shirt and prepare to get muddy!

* Please note that you will be handling small fossils. For safety reasons, this activity is not appropriate for children under 5 years old. Thank you for your understanding.

Land Acknowledgement

McGill University is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

The Redpath Museum's director EDI statement.

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