OXFORD — Students from the Boxberry School had an in-school presentation of fossils and meteorites recently.
Boxberry School parent Bruce Barrett shared many specimens of fossils and meteorites with students during a recent presentation.
Wrapping up the semester’s learning expedition on dinosaurs, Boxberry parent, Bruce Barrett, brought many specimens of fossils and meteorites from the private collection of the Stifler Family as well as some of his own collection.
The students viewed fossilized remains of various shells, shark’s teeth, fish, plants and trees. Of particular note were shell fossils from Maine, fossilized fish from Wyoming and petrified tree slices from Oregon and Arizona.
The students were also taught about various types of meteorites and specimens included material from Mercury, Mars and the Moon, all of which had fallen to earth after impacts on those planets ejected material into space.
Of particular note was one of the largest privately held slices of moon rock on earth, a diamond from space as well as world class pallasite slices.
The Stifler Family collection will be on display at the Maine Gem and Mineral Museum in Bethel when it opens in late 2012.
For more information about the Boxberry School, call 743-9700 or visit www.BoxberrySchool.org.
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