Hands on Tauranga offers students stimulating and original learning opportunities with real museum objects that support the New Zealand curriculum at primary and secondary school level.
The ammonite is an extinct marine animal with a spiral-form shell. The petrified wood is fossilized over many years. There is a chemical change which makes the wood turn to stone.
date: 100-200 million years old.
maximum dimension: Ammonite: 85mm Petrified wood: 145mm length
subject area: Social Science, Science, Maths
subject themes: Fossils, Geology, Minerals
handling collection number: HC192
