EAS News Article
Paleontology at the Marion Public Library
College of Science K-12 Outreach Coordinators participated in the Marion Public Library’s Archaeology-Paleontology Day in Marion, Indiana. The day began with a number of student events for local would be scientists, including a simulated Paleontology Dig for grades 3-6. Early in the morning, almost twenty students came together to excavating the remains of an unknown creature. Collaborating with the Outreach Coordinators, the team of students devised a plan and unearthed the dig site. As parents and onlookers observed the students in using teamwork to unearth and lay out the bones. The students eventually decided this must have actually been the remains of something similar to a horse.
After the morning paleontology dig, the Outreach Coordinators guided an indoor tabletop Paleontology activity for over 30 students in grades 1-3. The afternoon completed the day with a replay of the large morning dig for middle and high school students. The following is a link to an article about the event that appeared in the Marion Chronicle-Tribune. http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006609170337
The paleontology dig is one of many inquiry-based activities offered through College of Science K-12 Outreach for groups of students and teachers throughout the state. Since 1990, the K-12 Outreach Program has directly reached over 550,000 students and over 5,000 teachers in Indiana. To find out more about The College of Science K-12 Outreach visit the web site at: http://www.science.purdue.edu/outreach
