The three of us (Kimberly, Juliana, and I) were able to sift through the “garbage” brought back from the Aurora mines and were able to pick out fossils and shark teeth. I can’t believe how difficult it was. Dr. Gates didn’t give us any prior knowledge on how to do this, because he knew this is how our students would come into this situation. We looked through a small sample at a time and would pick out what we thought were fossils and shark teeth. We would then dump the “trash” into another container where Dr. Gates would look through it to pick out what we didn’t find. It was amazing what we didn’t know where fossils and on the other hand, what we thought were fossils and weren’t! I can’t wait to learn more about how to do this properly so that I can teach this with confidence to my students. I know I will!!!

Our group was able to see Dr. Gates present to the museum on what our fellowship entailed.  Needless to say,  by the end of his presentation and lab walkthrough, the other groups were very excited about our project!!!

Dr. Gates Presenting 

Look at the serrations on the edge of the teeth!!  

Looking for shark teeth

Really cool shark tooth that Dr. Gates showed during his presentation

This shark tooth is the size of my hand!!