Geo-ed (www.geoed.co.uk) sell replica fossils, which includes mammal
teeth such as horse and wooly rhino which would work well with your
prehistory theme. They're not so useful for mammal bones as these are
mostly casts of bones still in their rock matrix. Worth a contact to see
whether they could help you generally- Dave Williams is very helpful
when it comes to museum education and with his partner is involved in
education work via ESTA and other earth-science learning programmes.
Hope this helps!
best wishes
annette
Rowe, Alex wrote:
>
> Dear Gem'ers,
>
> This summer we are having a sand-pit as part of our prehistory
> exhibition. Within the pit will be burrried flint, antler and bone. It
> is the last of these that I am having trouble with. I have been unable
> to find suitable replica bones and so have come to the conclusion that
> I need to create molds of some of the 'impressive' bones in the
> collection and then make casts from these. Has anyone done anything
> similar and if so do you have any advice on the best way to do it? We
> are hoping that the molds will be able to be used for a 'make your own
> bone' activity day too.
>
> thanks in advance, I will compile the results for anyone who is
> interested in this strange request!
>
> Alex
>
> Alexandra Rowe
> Education Officer
> Bromley Museum
> 01689 873826
>
Annette Shelford
Education Officer
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3EQ
Tel: 01223 766079
Fax: 01223 333450
|