Category: Calendar of Events
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Tyler Keillor’s Paleoart Exhibit
Tyler Keillor’s Paleoart exhibit will open on Saturday 11/20 at the Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The exhibit demonstrates how he blends art and science to bring prehistoric creatures to life. Tyler writes to ESCONI, “One of the items on display is a plaque I sculpted at my art…
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Events This Weekend
Friday, Oct 22, ESCONI Board Meeting, 7:30 College of Dupage, Building K, Rm. 161. (note room change) Saturday, Oct 23, Archaeology Study Group Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K. Rm 161. (note room change)
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ESCONI This Weekend
Saturday, Oct. 16, Paleontology Study Group Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K, Rm 161. (note room change)
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October 23, 2010
Do you know about the series of exploratory missions sent across the world in 1421? Come and learn more on Saturday night at 7:30 as we view the evidence of China’s early discoveries.
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Fox River Kame to Open to Public Just This Sat.
Via ChicagoTribune: A sneak peek of a glacial kame or “soaring bluff” 80 feet above the Fox River off Kelsey Road in Lake Barrington will be offered Saturday as officials try to call attention to the new Grassy Lake Forest Preserve and what still needs to be done to open it to the public… It…
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ESCONI Events This Weekend
Friday, Oct. 8, 8:00 p.m.– ESCONI General Meeting. Speaker: Paul Mayer, Invertebrate Collections Manager at the Field Museum. His talk will be entitled “The Milwaukee Formation: Rocks, Fossils, and Storms.” The lecture will focus on some deep tunnel cores drilled to a depth of over 800 feet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In particular, he will talk…
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Need Various Help for Sat. Show
Sat. Oct. 2, ESCONI will be having a Rockhound Flea Market show from 10-4. Bargains galore – ideal for kids, parents and teachers. We need help in the following areas: 1. Need shallow or small boxes and bags to use for customer purchases. 2. Need help setting up at 8:00 am 3. Need help taking…
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Events This Weekend
Friday, Sept. 24: ESCONI Board Meeting, 7:30 pm, College of Dupage, Bldg. K, Rm. 142 (note room change) Friday, Sept. 24: Family Science Night: Paleontology, 6-8 p.m., Elgin Public Museum. Saturday and Sunday, Sept, 25 & 26: Braceville Mazon Creek Fossil Collecting Trip, 8:00 am, meet at BP Amoco in Coal City Saturday, Sept 25,…
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Local events of interest this weekend, 2010
Friday, September 17, 7:00 pm – Elgin Public Museum, Elgin, IL, Lecture – “Archaeology of Disaster.” Fire, flood, famine, war, plague, earthquake . . . All major disasters leave distinctive signatures in the archaeological record. From the New Madrid quakes of 1811 and 1812 that changed the very course of the Mississippi River, to the…
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Exploring Energy: Earth Science Activity Calendar 2010-11 School Year
The Earth Science Week 2010-11 Activity Calendar extends the celebration from one week to the whole school year! Distributed as part of the Earth Science Week 2010 Toolkit, this attractive wall calendar features an exciting classroom activity each month. The publication also provides information about “Exploring Energy” activities, career opportunities, geoscience happenings, important dates in…
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No Child Left Inside Day 10/12
AGI’s (American Geology Institute) NCLI (No Child Left Inside Day) Guide provides everything you need to start planning your own NCLI Day event. The free guide provides 10 outdoor activities you can organize to help students discover Earth science in their own neighborhoods. Also included are recommendations for creating partnerships, planning logistics, reaching out to…
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Many ESCONI Events This Weekend
General Meeting. Friday, 9/10, 8:00 p.m. Speaker: Dale Gnidovec, curator of Ohio State University’s Orton Geological Museum, who will speak on: The Magnificent Morrison – a historic look at this Late Jurassic rock unit that has produced so many familiar dinosaurs – Allosaurus, Apatosaurus (“Brontosaurus”), Diplodocus, Stegosaurus – from such famous sites as Dinosaur National…
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ESCONI Rockhound Flea Market – 10/2
On Saturday, October 2, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., ESCONI will be hosting a Rockhound Flea Market at the College of Dupage, Building K, Commons Area. Free admission and parking. You will find bargains galore – jewelry, gems, minerals, fossils, books, magazines, lapidary equipment… Great for kids, parents, collectors and teachers!
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Lecture on Hell Creek by Rob Sula – 9/18/2010 – 2:00 pm, Lizzadro Museum
One of our members, Rob Sula, will be giving a lecture about“The Dinosaurs of the Hell Creek: A Biological Arms Race” at Lizzadro Museum on Saturday, September 18th, at 2:00 p.m. Ages 8 yrs. and up – 60 minutes Regular Museum Admission, Museum Members Free. Description of lecture …. “Take a trip 66 million years…
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Help Wanted
Got a few hours to volunteer? The club could use some help with one or more areas… Work Day at Storage Facility. Sat, 9/11, 9:00 a.m. Helping to sort, organize and decide which items would be good for the ESCONI Flea Market. Contact John Good at 630-483-2363 for directions to the facility. ESCONI Flea Market.…
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Many Upcoming Events!
Friday, 9/10, 8:00 p.m., General Meeting, College of Dupage Building K, Room #131, Dale Gnidovec, curator of Ohio State University‘s Orton Geological Museum will speak on the Morrison formation. Saturday, 9/11, 9:00 a.m., Work day at the storage facility in preparation for the ESCONI Flea Market on October 2. Contact John Good at 630-483-2363 to…
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Juniors Field Trip – Saturday 7/24
Junior Member’s Field trip to Devil’s Cave. Meet at Red Oak Nature Center in North Aurora Il. at 10:30 a.m. Juniors will be encouraged to see the sights at the museum, which include a “shrinking room”, a bee colony, a hands-on area, and a room filled iwth live animals native to the area. 9 minute…
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Fossil Collecting Field Trip with Lizzadro Museum, 2010
Travel by motor coach to a quarry near Rockford, Illinois. Collect Ordovician Period (450 million years old)) marine fossils in limestone. Collectable fossils include: brachiopods, gastropods, corals, crinoids, trilobites and cephalopods. Field Trip – Ages 8 yrs. to Adult8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Fee: $40.00 per personMuseum Members $35.00Reservations Required by Friday July 16th at 5:00…
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This Weekend
Friday, 6/11 – ESCONI General Meeting. James St. John, from Ohio State University at Newark, will be speaking on “Weird Fossils & Fossil Oddities” at the ESCONI General Meeting at 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage Building K, Room #131. Saturday, 6/12 – Mineralogy & Micromount Study Group Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Building K,…
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Speaker Announced for Sept: Dale Gnidovec
Dale Gnidovec, curator of Ohio State University‘s Orton Geological Museum, will be speaking at the first fall ESCONI General Meeting on Friday, SEPTEMBER 10th. He will be speaking about: The Magnificent Morrison – a historic look at this Late Jurassic rock unit that has produced so many familiar dinosaurs – Allosaurus, Apatosaurus (“Brontosaurus”), Diplodocus, Stegosaurus…
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Friday’s, (June 4) ESCONI Board meeting has been cancelled
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5/28 Board Meeting Rescheduled for Friday June 4
ESCONI Board Meeting, 7:30 College of Dupage, Building K, Rm. 131 is the rescheduled date instead of 5/28.
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Chicagoland Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show this Weekend!
Chicagoland’s GEM, MINERAL & FOSSIL SHOW (CGMA) (34th Year) A Family Friendly Show 2010 Memorial Day Weekend Demonstrations, Children’s Rock Area, Educational Exhibits, Programs, Dealers, Lapidary Arts, Jewelry Exhibits, Faceting, Cabochon Cutting, Polishing Gemstones, Silversmithing, Beading, Wire Wrapping, Geode Splitting, Special Youth Activities and Programs Fossils – Minerals – Gems – …
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Updated & New Field Trip Information
Friday, May 7 St.Paul Indiana Fossils. Free. Meet at 8:00 am Indiana time (7:00 am Chicago Time) Hard Hat required. An Estwing rock hammer is the best tool. Knee pads, backpacks, fanny packs are also a plus. Age limit in Indiana is 18 years. Check the web site for details or contact John Good at…
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Video Show of MAPS 2010
Donald Baumgartner posted this on the Yahoo News Group for ESCONI – a video about the MAPS show this year.
