Online Activities: Fossils

Fossils are the remains of animals and plants, or the record of their presence, preserved in the rocks of the Earth.

Fossilization is the process that turns a once living thing into a fossil. There are lots of fossils to be found, but only a tiny number of all the animals and plants that ever lived have been fossilized.

Learn how fossils are formed and who studies them
Discover how and why fossils are prepared
See how and where fossils are collected
Find out how scientists identify and classify fossils
Play a game with fossils
Learn more about the ROM's fossil collection

This fossil cyber-display was created by Irene Chalmers of the Discovery Centre with help from Janet Waddington of the Department of Paleobiology.

 

 

Brittle star fossil

Nautiloid fossil