National fossil day

It is today!

I won't say hug a fossil, although you are welcome to do so, if you are so inclined. But this is a great day to collect them, talk about them, visit a museum that contains some of them, draw pictures of them, make stained glass windows depicting them, and anything else that unearths your little fossil heart.

Seriously though, if you are in Tuscaloosa this evening, go to the Alabama Museum of Natural History between 4 and 6 PM. Especially if you have kids in tow. You won't regret it

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Spoke about Pennsylvanian trace fossils to another group of retirees today. They really enjoyed it and had a lot of questions. Tomorrow night is national fossil day, and we will be there with a bunch of trace fossils to show kids and I hope many will be there. Today I'm also reviewing part of a master's thesis on cave geochemistry.

National Fossil Day

National Fossil Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, October 12. At the Alabama Museum of Natural History, in Tuscaloosa, this will take place from 4 to 6 PM. Various groups on campus and from around town will have tables and games ,mainly aimed at children. Anyone can attend for free. I will be there with some trace fossils from coal mines. These include footprints of reptiles and other sorts of creatures. Ron Buta and I will be signing copies of our book, "Footprints in Stone."

National Fossil Day today

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In case you are looking for a way to celebrate National Fossil Day today, the UA Museum (Tuscaloosa) has some afternoon activities that may interest you:


The Alabama Museum of Natural History will hold a National Fossil Day event from 4-6pm on Wed., October 16th.
The Paleontology collections will have specimens from the collections on exhibit
UA Dept. of Engineering will be demonstrating how 3-D scanning and printing can be used with fossils
The Museum will be unveiling the new Elasmosaur specimen collected this summer in Greene County
Hands on activities for the kids!
Astronomy Professor Dr. Ron Buta will be showing some of his recent fossil track way donations
Author Jim Lacefield will give a talk and book signing on his newest edition to the book "Lost Worlds in Alabama Rocks" at 6pm.
The event is free - no charge.

http://blog.al.com/bargain-mom/2013/10/free_national_fossil_day_event.html

National Fossil Day

Alabama contribution:


Date & Time: October 16th, 2013 from 4pm-6pm

Location: Hackberry Road, Tuscaloosa, AL

Contact:Dana Ehret

The UA Museums will hold a National Fossil Day event from 4-6pm on October 16th, 2013. The Paleontology collections will have specimens from the collections on exhibit, the UA Dept. of Engineering will be demonstrating how 3-D scanning and printing can be used with fossils, we will be unveiling the new Elasmosaur specimen collected this summer in Greene County, and there will be a talk and book signing by author Jim Lacefield on his new book "Lost Worlds in Alabama Rocks" at 6pm.