School teachers from around the state of Florida visited our Montbrook fossil dig to get hands-on experience working in an active dig and bring that experience back to their classrooms. The dig site is a 5-to 6-million-year-old river deposit located in Levy County that the Florida Museum has been excavating for several years.

It was a chilly, windy February day but these teachers had a fantastic time uncovering fossils and sharing ideas about bringing Florida’s natural history to life for their students.

These teachers were visiting as part of a professional development field trip offered by the Scientist in Every Florida School (SEFS) program in 2022 through the Thompson Earth Systems Institute.

Read about this event and the program:
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mus...

About the Montbrook fossil site: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mon...

The Thompson Earth Systems Institute's Scientist in Every Florida School program: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/ear...

Video by Kristen Grace / Florida Museum
Produced by Florida Museum Digital Engagement Dept.
Music from YouTube Audio Library: Moonrise by Reed Mathis