We had a blast learning all about dinosaurs,
fossils, and prehistoric life at this week of camp: Paleontology Rocks! On Monday, we learned the rules of what makes
something a dinosaur, and also got to see the museum’s record holders for
largest, smallest, fastest and smartest dinosaurs! We got to compare ourselves to the lengths of
different dinosaurs, and also started our very own dinosaur sculptures!
On Wednesday we traveled far back in time,
taking a tour of the “Life Through the Ages” exhibit on the second floor. We learned about trilobites, an early marine invertebrate, and some of us made trilobite masks, while others made
trilobite models. We also got to uncover
trilobites from mud!
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| Getting a bit messy to uncover our trilobites! |
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Thursday was all about looking for
dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures! We did an ABC scavenger hunt
on the second floor and put together dinosaur puzzles. We made film strips of snapshots from the
last 54 million years, and also painted our dinosaur sculptures from Monday!
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| Searching the second floor for scavenger hunt clues! |
On Friday we learned about fossils. We made stratigraphy tubes and and excavated fossils from strata cups to
learn about what kinds of fossils are found in which layers of rock. We also played a game that took us through
the many steps and millions of years it takes for something to become a fossil.
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| Excavating fossils out of our strata-cups |
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| Playing a fossil game! |
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| Learning more about stratigraphy and making stratigraphy tubes! |
It was a great week of camp for all of
us! We hope to see new and old faces
next week for Amazing Animals!
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