This nonprofit organization starts with dinosaurs, fossils and teenagers and ends up with fun programs, educational collections and empowered young people
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"One thing all fossils have in common, they are OLD, at least 10,000 years old. Where's the best place to find a fossil? In a museum!"
Produced by the University of California Museum of Paleontology, The Paleontology Portal has three exhibits exploring the history of life in North America: Time & Space, Fossil Gallery and Famous Flora & Fauna. In
Claudia and Doug (no last names given) are a couple of teachers sharing their "love of cool rocks" with kids, teachers and other fossil fanatics. I
A fossil is a window into the history of our world, providing clues about plants and animals that lived thousands or millions of years ago. And because fossils are fairly easy to find, many kids and grownups enjoy the sleuthing that amateur palenotology (
The 18-million-year-old Thomas Farm fossil preserve, owned by the University of Florida, has produced tens of thousands of bones of extinct vertebrates.
"Fossil collecting is a brilliant hobby for kids and adults -- for a start you are collecting things which are millions of years old.
Reproduced from a free print publication of the U.S. Geological Survey, this online booklet is a marvelous introduction, in non-technical language, to how geologists study fossils to learn about the earth's history.
"In this exhibit, you will learn about the fossils of invertebrates -- animals without backbones.
