ESTA is pleased to support a charity based at Worcester University who have developed a fossil resource box for primary and special schools.
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust started the project in 2022 with the aim of producing 5 boxes for each of the two counties and the project has grown so they now deliver boxes to schools across the UK.
Each box contains space for 30 fossils as well as a series of laminated sheets to assist teachers in using them as an educational resource.
If you know of a primary school that would like a box, details of the box are on the project website here earthheritagetrust.org/fossils
This version of the Fossil Box contains a smaller number of larger more tactile fossils suitable for young people with multiple learning difficulties. There are also dual-language options.
All fossils used are common and from the UK. This makes the project sustainable and everything in the box can be found by the students themselves