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Education Unearthed: Exploring the Joggins Fossil Cliffs
Learn about the planet Earth as it was millions of years ago. Explore science with our hands-on activities designed to engage and inspire the next generations of scientists!
Note: our beach experiences are subject to the tides.
Contact us to book or discuss your educational experience today!
- outreach@jogginsfossilcliffs.net
- 1 (902) 251–2727 extension 225
- 1 (888) 932–9766
Shoreline Wonders
Guided Beach Excursion at Joggins Fossil Cliffs
- Museum admission and a 45 minute beach tour.
- Gallery is self-guided
- Can be adapted for any grade
Journey Through Time
Guided Beach and Museum Tours at Joggins Fossil Cliffs
- 30 minute guided museum gallery tour and a 45 minute beach tour
- Can be adapted for any grade
Enhance your visit with one of our educational activities:
- Activities are available with one of our guided experiences
- Activities are offered in May, June, September, and October
- 15 students minimum, contact us if you have a smaller group
- Contact us if you'd like us to visit your school, or if you would like us to visit you during June and July
- Contact us if you'd like us to adapt any of our activities to your classroom's grade or needs.
Relative Rocks — Stratigraphy and Index Fossils
- Learn about how rocks are related to each other in space and time.
- Explore how rock layers are formed and how scientists can use this information, along with index fossils, to understand how the earth evolved.
- Create a stratigraphy log and learn how to interpret the relationships between different locations.
- Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Eroding Horizons — Understanding Coastal Erosion
- Learn about coastal erosion, including the processes and factors that cause and enhance coastal erosion and how erosion can be managed and then complete a hands-on science activity all about coastal erosion.
- Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 7, Grade 8.
Uncovering Earth’s History — Fossil Footprints and Trace Fossils
- Learn about fossilization and the information trackways can tell us with some examples from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs.
- Use our stamps and rollers to make your own Carboniferous trackway scene in clay.
- Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 7.
Illustrating the Ages — A Journey Through Geological Time
- Create a long, visual timeline of Earth's long history (4.6 billion years!).
- Learn about important events in Earth's history and when evolutionary transitions occurred.
- Can be adapted for any grade.