How to guarantee successful shark tooth hunting

There are several ways to do this, of course!

One way is to ask your local home-school groups where THEY go when they're looking for shark's teeth - it's a great science experiment for science.

You can search for state-specific homeschooling groups over at Yahoo Groups! - just tack on the state abbreviation. IE,

NJ homeschool
WA homeschool

Additionally, you can contact your local elementary schools as well; quite often they'll have field trips to local streams/rivers in which shark's teeth are to be found.

You'll need the following two key tools for brave sharks teeth hunting:

A trowel to dig up huge amounts of river bottom

and

A colander to sift out all the excess dirt and hopefully reveal the adorable wittle bittle fangs that are awaiting your attention.

You can generally buy these at dollar stores...if not, Lowes or Home Depot should have them pretty cheap.

Did I say steal?

Gracious goodness me, I didn't mean that at all! I meant, gently....ummmm....liberate a backpack! Yeah, that's the ticket! Liberate!

In that liberated backpack, mind you, you'll want to have:

Plastic baggies or a baby jar to hold the shark's teeth

and

Plastic baggies in which to put your car keys/iPhone/musical devices so they stay somewhat NOT damp

and

Your backup sharks' teeth you bought earlier so you can ENSURE your adventure is a success.

Trust me. Happy children result in decreasing parental stress levels. Trust me. :)

The following is key and critical but if you've never hunted for sharks teeth before, I'll guarantee you'll miss it!

Pack the following in your van - you'll be most grateful afterwards!!

Huge towel for each participant
- you'll want to dry off!

Extra change of clothing
- you'll want to dress AFTER you've dried off...in dry clothing!

Hand Lotion
- for your poor feet

Extra pair of socks and shoes
- your feet will be soooo wrinkly they could double for a Shar-pei

Newspaper
- Crumple 'em up and stuff 'em into your wet sneakers, they'll help pull the moisture away.

Hot or Cold Drink
- If it's a cold or hot day outside, ensure you have something refreshing to imbibe when you're done!

Once you have all of your equipment in place, you can begin your Shark Teeth Adventure Excitement!

Make certain your kids (and you!) are dressed appropriately, and each person has their own colander and trowel.

Wade out into the brook, dig a huge heapin' mound of riverbottom out, gracefully dump that into the colander, and then swirl that beastie in the water. Ideally, you'll see a shark's tooth or 2 glinting out at you when you're done!

And that's all there is to it.

Here is some additional reading you might enjoy on the topic:

Bitten But Good

Want to hunt sharks' teeth?

Shark's teeth hunting 101

Hunting Shark's Teeth



So there you go! Now you're prepared to embrace the wonders of the great outdoors as well....and even come home with nifty neat souvenirs as well.