The Adventurers: From Fossils to Dinosaurs (From Magnets to Magic Mixtures)

Science Project “Fossils” : We created fossils using coffee grounds, coffee, flour, and salt (see recipe). We absolutely loved it and did a fantastic job working together.

Ingredients / Materials:

1 cup of used coffee grounds
1/2 cup of cold coffee
1 cup of flour
1/2 cup of salt
Wax paper
Mixing bowl
Some small objects to make impressions in the dough
Empty plastic glasses
 

  
How to make the fossils:

• Stir together the coffee grounds, cold coffee, flour, and salt until well mixed. If dough is too moist, add flour.
• Knead the dough together and then flatten it out onto the waxed paper. 
• Use the plastic glasses to cut out circles out of the dough or use your hands to make slabs large enough to fit your "fossil" objects.
• Press your objects firmly into the dough. When you take the object out, you have your "fossil".  
• Let the fossils dry overnight. 

Dino Hunt! We looked for dinosaur pieces that were hidden outside. The puzzle pieces had different colored dots on the back so after we had found all the pieces we had to sort them. We then split up into three teams. The goal was to work together and to put the puzzle pieces together to create the dinosaurs.

The Exploreres: From Fossils and Dinosaurs (From Magnets to Magic Mixtures)

Warm-up Game “Dino Hunt": This game is similar to the very popular "Bear Hunt." We listened to the lyrics and music "We are going on a Dino Hunt" by Dennis Westphall and imitate the movements (e.g., swimming through a river, climbing a mountain). 

Science Project “Fossils” :  
We had a blast making the fossils (for a detailed description of the activity see Adventurers on November 10) and could not decide what was more fun making the dough or playing with it.