Coeur d'Alene middle schoolers hunt for fossils within ancient rocks

Middle schoolers tap into natural history thanks to Stonerose Interpretive Center

Tap, chip, tap, chip, tippity tap tap tap... Eureka! "We actually split it!" Lakes Middle School seventh grader Alex Terry announced Thursday morning as he and classmate Ruby Zaike worked open a piece of ancient sedimentary shale. Guests from Stonerose Interpretive Center and Eocene Fossil Site in Republic, Wash. have been visiting middle school classrooms this week sharing the joy of discovery with aspiring paleontologists in the Coeur d'Alene School District.