We had a great time at the BYU Paleontology Museum.
Special Thanks to Mrs. Brewer and Mrs. Dahl for driving and accompany us on this fun day and to Hugh for fun snacks, ginger snaps and Dinosaur Fruit Snacks!
There were many places to Touch and Feel. In the above picture, children can feel a sample of fossil with many trapped crustaceans in it.
The children are all sitting on a replica of a Dinosaur thigh bone.
Petrified Wood from an ancient tree stump.
Olivia tells Seth about what she thinks happened to the downed dinosaur in the mural.
Some dinosaur skeletons are quite small!
Students were fascinated by a BYU student who was working on removing a fossil replica from a plaster casting with a small drill.
Armor Plates protected some dinosaurs.
Aaron compares his leg to that of a dinosaur.
Carnivor=sharp teeth.
Herbivore (Ground Sloth)=flat, grinding teeth.
Fish fossils, too.
We went to the restroom, washed our hands, and
enjoyed a snack outside the museum.
Eli shows us some of his favorite presents, like his Thor hammer. We are so happy for Jack and Eli's birthdays!
(We have a small special birthday treat bag for each child in our class).