Fossils KS2 science worksheets printable activities PowerPoints reading

Introduce fossils, how they are formed, what they look like, and what they can tell us with this bundle of printable resources and slide shows. Suitable for KS2 science, pupils will explore fossils through reading passages, sequencing activities, worksheets, and more!

What’s included?

• How a fossil is formed activities. These include differentiated sequence and fold templates for an ammonite and a triceratops fossil, printable sequencing cards, and reading passages.
• Slideshow: What can fossils tell us? PowerPoint presentation outlining some of the things fossils can tell us, using real photos.
• Fossil photo matching cards. 15 colour photo cards of real fossils, with labels to match (plus answers).
• Reading passages and worksheets covering the work of a palaeontologist, types of fossils, and palaeoart.
• 12 fossil example word wall cards.
• Fossil wordsearch.
• 12 fossils task cards.
• Slideshow: Mary Anning Fossil Hunter. PowerPoint covering the life and work of paleontologist Mary Anning. The slideshow is accompanied by 3 graphic organiser templates and a foldable timeline activity.

Is this resource editable?

No. However, both slide shows have editable text boxes.