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Sieving for Small Fossils - A Special Holiday Edition - CANCELLED

Saturday, December 15, 2018 11:45to14:30
Redpath Museum Room 106, 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA
Price: 
Free with donation to the Museum

Please note that this activity has been CANCELLED. Thank you for your understanding.

Join us for this special Holiday edition of Sieving for Small Fossils!

Learn how to sieve for small fossils with the Redpath Museum's paleontology technicianÌýChantal 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?

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SaturdayÌýDecember 15ÌýÌý

session 1: 11h45 to 13h00

session 2: 13h15 to 14h30

Bilingual. ForÌýchildren aged 5 and up. Space is limited. PleaseÌýarrive 15 minutes in advanceÌýto register at the front desk.Ìý

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

* Please note thatÌýyou will be handling small fossils. For safety reasons, this activity is not appropriate for children underÌý5 years old. Thank you for your understanding.

Land Acknowledgement

¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ 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.

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