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1. Identifies the geological history of the region. About 360-70 million years ago in a time known as the Devonian Period, concentrated in a small area. Canowindra's fossil fish deposit was discovered in 1955, when a council worker, who was grading an unsealed road between Canowindra and Gooloogong, turned over a large rock slab with strange impressions under it. He moved the rock to the fence line, it was later spotted by a local bee-keeper who recognised its importance and told the Australian Museum in Sydney. Expert examination of the slab later confirmed it to be one of the most remarkable discoveries of its kind anywhere in the world.
2. Describes the fossilization process in Canowindra and links this with Australia’s geological timeline. The process of fossilization is called Permineralization. The fossilization occurs when an organism is buried. The spaces around it fill with mineral-rich groundwater. The process can occur in very small places. Small scales can produce very detailed fossils. For permineralization to happen, the organism must become quite very quickly after it dies.
3. Explains why fossil preservation is important as well as how the Museum at Canowindra is of social importance at a local and international level. The preservation of these fossils is very importance for historical reasons. It teaches people a lot on what has lived on this planet. Also the preservation of the fossils help people know on what they used to look like and are evidence to prove that fish have walked out of water. The museum has very high importance it puts Canowindra on the map and is a known places to scientists and historians around the world. It also brings great amount of tourism to the town.
4. Bibliography contains at least THREE of the types of sources of information (Encyclopedia, internet sites, videos, brochures, etc). Harvard style used correctly as in the student handbook(in-text referencing not required).
Discovery. 2013. Discovery. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.ageoffishes.org.au/DiscoveryCentre/discovery.shtml. [Accessed 09 April 2013].
. 2013. . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.cowratourism.com.au/Experience_Cowra/Art__Culture___Museums/AOF/. [Accessed 09 April 2013].This page was last modified on 4 April 2013 at 19:26.
Fossil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Fossil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil. [Accessed 09 April 2013].
Year 9 science ICT task- Advertisment
1. Identifies the geological history of the region. About 360-70 million years ago in a time known as the Devonian Period, concentrated in a small area. Canowindra's fossil fish deposit was discovered in 1955, when a council worker, who was grading an unsealed road between Canowindra and Gooloogong, turned over a large rock slab with strange impressions under it. He moved the rock to the fence line, it was later spotted by a local bee-keeper who recognised its importance and told the Australian Museum in Sydney. Expert examination of the slab later confirmed it to be one of the most remarkable discoveries of its kind anywhere in the world.
2. Describes the fossilization process in Canowindra and links this with Australia’s geological timeline. The process of fossilization is called Permineralization. The fossilization occurs when an organism is buried. The spaces around it fill with mineral-rich groundwater. The process can occur in very small places. Small scales can produce very detailed fossils. For permineralization to happen, the organism must become quite very quickly after it dies.
3. Explains why fossil preservation is important as well as how the Museum at Canowindra is of social importance at a local and international level. The preservation of these fossils is very importance for historical reasons. It teaches people a lot on what has lived on this planet. Also the preservation of the fossils help people know
