Interactive Games and a Song About Fossils

Did you know that most prehistoric animals did not become fossils? Click the screen shot above to discover the best (and worst) places for fossils to form.

Paleontologists rarely find all of an organism's fossilized bones. Click the picture above to test your paleo puzzling skills, and see how fast you can reconstruct a dinosaur skeleton.

"I Am A Paleontologist"

I love diggin' in the dirt
With just a pick and brush
Finding fossils is my aim
So I'm never in a rush
'Cause the treasures that I seek
Are rare and ancient things
Like Velociraptor's jaw
Or Archaeopteryx's wings

Now all the kids
Who wanna see 'em
Are lining up
At our museum

I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am

Could it be an herbivore
Crushing plants with rounded teeth
Or ferocious carnivore
Who moves so quickly on its feet
It's like pieces of a puzzle
That I love to try and solve
It's so fun to think about
How a species has evolved

And all the kids
Who wanna see 'em
Can check 'em out
At our museum

I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am

Is it a T-rex? (I keep digging, digging, digging, digging)
(Digging, digging, digging, digging)
Maybe a Triceratops? (Digging, digging, digging, digging)
(Digging, digging, digging, digging)
Or a Carnotaur? (Digging, digging, digging, digging)
(Digging, digging, digging, digging)
(Digging, digging, digging, digging, diggin')
Pachycephalosaurus?

I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
I am a paleontologist
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am
That's who I am, that's who I am, that's who I am

CBBC Newsround

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Children's BBC has a news page just for kids. Click here to explore the latest news, from Cecil the lion, to Lionel Messi.

BBC Interactive Rocks and Weathering Activity

Click the image above, or right here to explore an interactive video from the BBC on rocks and weathering.

Magnets and Magnetism

Magnets are fun and useful. England's spy agency is called the MI5, and the BBC offers kids online activities with "M.I. High" spy kids.  Enjoy the activity above, or click here to explore magnets and magnetism online.

Click the map above or right here to find buried treasure with a compass.

Click the image above or right here for a tutorial and interactive game about the relationship between magnets and compasses.

Destroy magnets by connecting opposite poles of the same color in a game somewhat similar to Tetris. Click the screenshot above or right here to play.

How much do you know about magnets? Answer all questions correctly to win this Rags to Riches game. Click the image above or right here to begin.

BBC Rocks and Weathering

According to freetech4teachers.com, the BBC's Rocks and Weathering, "illustrates and explains how sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks form. In each stage of the site, students can "create" rocks and "inspect" rocks with a virtual magnifying glass. Students "create" rocks by compacting sediment or by adding water to cool lava. After creating rocks, students can then "destroy" rocks by adding elements of weather."  Click here to explore.