CONTENTS Page 4 Page 6 Page 8 Page 10 Page 12 Page 14 Page 16 Page 18 Page 20 Page 22 Page 24 Page 26 Page 28 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Under Our Feet Life on Earth Fossil Facts How Fossils Form Fossil Fever Dig Back in Time Big Bones Under the Sea Amber Prehistoric Poop Fossil Finders Mary Anning Fossil Hot Spots Famous Fossils Fossil Quiz Glossary Index Words that look like this are explained in the glossary on page 31
OUR FEET UNDER IT’S AWESOME ABOVE YOUR HEAD We all know there is a lot of interesting stuff up in the sky There are beautiful birds amazing airplanes and cool clouds We can even use a telescope to see miles and miles into the sky all the way into space We can see the moon the sun and the stars We can see other planets meteors and even whole galaxies There’s plenty to see when you look up PLANETS SUN AMAZING AEROPLANES MOON BEAUTIFUL BIRDS STARS TELESCOPE GALAXIES COOL CLOUDS 4
IT’S AMAZING ALL AROUND YOU The world around you is a pretty interesting place too wherever you are There are mountains and valleys natural wonders and human made skylines wherever you look And living in the spaces between are the people plants and animals that make up life on Earth They are all around you all different and all fascinating There’s so much to see LOOK DOWN Have you ever thought about what’s there when you look down though Nothing much interesting right Some mud maybe a few rocks but why would you be interested in that when there’s so much cool stuff to see up here Have you ever wondered why there aren’t any dinosaurs anymore How do we know they existed all that time ago if no one has ever seen one Buried in the ground below us are secrets kept for hundreds thousands and even millions of years Each secret has an amazing story to tell so let’s grab a shovel and dig deep 5
