Our Trip to Cranbrook

We had such a great time at the Cranbrook Science Center!  Thank you so much to the parents who were able to join us on our trip.  Here we are excavating fossils at our own dig sites.  We used tools to dig and brush away sand, just like real archaeologists!

Next, we traveled to a different room where we looked at different types of tools that early man used.  This included spears and bows and arrows.  These were demonstrated to us outside using a picture of a buffalo.  We were amazed at how early people kept thinking of news ways to hunt, while getting further away from the animal to keep themselves safe!

We then visited a room where we learned how early people used their environment to live.  This included seeing different types of furs, horns and tools.  We also learned how early people made paint with water and different colored rocks.  We loved fingering painting our own group cave picture!

Finally, we were able see to a life-size replica of a mastodon, which is a close relative of the woolly mammoth!  It was huge!

Thank you so much to Cranbrook for such a great day!