Programs

Fossil Finders

Affiliated Organization:  Campbell Creek Science Center

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Program Type

  • Activity Guide
  • Calendar
  • Classroom Visits
  • Curriculum-based Programs
  • Demonstrations
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Field Trip
  • How to Manual
  • Internet Activity
  • Interpretation
  • Lesson Plan/Activities
  • Map
  • Poster Brochure
  • Presentation
  • Residential and/or Camp
  • Resource Guide/Catalogue
  • Service-Learning
  • Supplemental Curriculum
  • Traveling Trunks

Description

Children dress up as dinosours and learn about special features that helped the ancient reptiles get around, defend themselves, and eat different food. Junior paleontologists make fossil imprints and go on a mini-excavation. Throughout the day, children embark on a dinosaur safari and a tracking expedition of Alaska\'s animals

Subjects

  • Alaska Ecology
  • Archeology
  • Arts
  • Biology
  • Climate Change
  • Employability
  • English/Language Arts
  • Environmental Education
  • Forest Service
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • Health
  • History
  • Invasive Species
  • Math
  • Paleontology
  • Recycling
  • Social Studies
  • STEM
  • Sustainability
  • Technology
  • Wilderness
  • Wildlife
  • Wildlife Safety
  • World Languages

Audience

  • K-12
  • Elementary
  • Junior High/Middle School
  • High School
  • Kindergarten
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • Teachers/Educators
  • Adults
  • Public

Region

  • Southcentral
  • Southeast
  • Southwest
  • Interior
  • Arctic Slope

City/Town/Village

Anchorage

Indoor/Outdoor/Both

  • Indoor
  • Outdoor
  • Both

Pay to Participate

  • Yes
  • No

Citizen Science Component

  • Alaska Curriculum Standards
  • Anchorage School District Common Cores
  • U.S. Department of Education Standards
  • Eppley Institute Standards for Interpretation
  • NPS Interpretive Development Program Standards