By DONNA BURROUGHS, EdS
Superintendent, Triton Community School Corporation

Students in third grade at Triton Elementary School have been learning about fossils. You know, those amazing leftovers from the past that can tell us so many things about what once lived in a particular area.

Finding dinosaur bones can help us discover if the animals was a meat or plant eater, or if it was a strong fighter, light flyer, or even if it had potential to be a great thinker.

Uncovering shells, plants, or insect remains from long ago can tell us what the environment may have been like, or even if there was much life there at all. Even the kind of fossil you discover can be interesting, since you could find an imprint, mold, or cast!

Learning from our past is a lot of fun and it is even better when we make our own modern day fossils.