project exploration experience
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This is a travelogue powerpoint of my trip to Montana with 7 other teachers. We studied there, searched for dinosaur bones, and learned a lot!TRANSCRIPT
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Project ExplorationA Journey Through Time
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Week 1: The
University of Chicago
We spent a week working on paleontology, geology, and
astronomy at the University of Chicago.
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Classroom Activities
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Fossil Lab
• We got to visit famous paleontologist Paul Sereno’s lab and he gave a presentation.
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We saw dinosaur bones, human skeletons, plaster jackets, and students preparing fossils.
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We also saw the lab where artists make models of the bones and recreate what they
think the dinosaurs looked like.
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We learned from Astronomer Mark Hefferman at the Adler Planetarium. I am holding
meteorites and a moon rock.
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Finally, we were ready to go to Wibaux, MT. We left from Midway at 4 a.m.!
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Montana is beautiful!This is a view from the Lost in Time Ranch.
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The GroupTeachers and Scientists in
Montana!
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We had a three hour drive to the ranch, but we stopped to search for trace fossil leaf
imprints at the Clinker Site.
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After a long day, we arrived at the Lost in Time Ranch. It was so luxurious. We were
immediately intrigued by the decor.
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The Hell Creek
FormationThis stratigraphic layer is 67-65 mya and was
formed in the Cretaceous period. It holds many dinosaur bones! We also found evidence of turtles, crocodiles, and fish.
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We worked with Dr. Jason Moore to collect fossils from a microsite. After, we went to a triceratops site and then went prospecting.
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After prospecting, or visiting any site, we would sit down and write field notes. In our
field notes, we include GPS location, observations, and our findings.
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That night we used books to help us identify our finds. We found so many things, including dinosaur bones, turtle and crocodile bones,
teeth, and even fish scales.
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I got to help clean a dinosaur bone that I found out in the field. We also found out that
dinosaur bones stick to your tongue! Rocks do not. Mm chocolate!
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We also went to the Pierre Shale Formation. This is also part of the Cretaceous Period.
Around 72 mya it used to be a marine environment. We found many fossils of marine
animals.
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The next couple of days, we prospected in the Hell Creek Formation. We excavated a
triceratops bone and we put a plaster jacket on it.
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It was an amazing trip and I learned so much! I already miss Montana!
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A special thanks to Project Exploration and all of the teachers and scientists that made this
an amazing experience.