When Are Fossils Art?

by: Thor Hansen and Irwin Slesnick

Whenever a fossil is beautiful, appealing, or is more than of ordinary significance, it may be called art. The first activity in this chapter challenges students to submit an entry on dinosaurs to a campus art contest for an outdoor art display. The second activity involves fossils that can be displayed in a form that catches the eye. This display should encourage the viewer to wonder about color, shape, beauty, symmetry, odd footprints, or density. Fossils can be spectacular in innumerable ways.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 1/1/2006Stock # PB201X_9

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