Tag: field trip
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ZRS Moroccan Field Trip
Our friends over at ZRS Fossils are working on another field trip to Morocco. This will be the 5th annual trip. Here are the details: Sounds like a amazing adventure!
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Register for Field Trips for this Summer, 2014
2-Day Keweenaw Geoheritage Tours by Land & Water with Geology Expert ~ Register now for one or more field trips! Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula is a place of natural beauty with a fascinating geologic history. Join local expert Dr. Bill Rose to learn how to read this landscape and how it came to be the way…
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Field Trip – Oriental Institute, Saturday, May 10, 2014- Reserve Now
Eric Schmidt, the ESCONI Archaeology Study Group Lead, has arranged a special tour for members of ESCONI club at the Oriental Institute Museum on Saturday, May 10 at 1 PM. The admission is free. Attendees must be a member of ESCONI (to become a member click here). If you are interested, please sign-up by sending e-mail…
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ESCONI Field Trip in September 2013 – Ordovician Paleonotology
ESCONI Field Trip: Irene Quarry near Belvidere, 9AM to 2PM This is the third visit by ESCONI to this site. The rock is Ordovician, Galena Group. This is a “hard-rock” quarry (limestone or dolostone), not shale like Vulcan. The site is owned by William Charles Construction. This is a good place to find Receptaculites and…
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Trip Report from Spirifer Minerals
Gorgeous and interesting photographs are included in this trip report about Morocco. Apatites with feldspars from a new find in Anomzy. T. Praszkier photo. Incredible faults with waterfall on the way to Tasraft. T. Praszkier photo.
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ESCONI Field Trip – February 9, 2012
From Joseph Kubal – There is a small archaeology museum housed at nearby Wheaton College. I have arranged for ESCONI members to tour the museum on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. We are to meet in the lobby of the Billy Graham Center Museum located at 500 E. College Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187-5593. Dr. Adam Miglio, Museum Curator, will explain…
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Mazon Creek Field Trip
Saturday and Sunday, 9/22 and 9/23 , meet at 8:00 A.M. Saturday at the BP Amoco in Coal City. No Age Limit. Hard Hats not required. Take I-55 to Exit 236 (Coal City). Take a right onto Highway 113 (Division Street). Go west to Broadway Street and Division in Coal City. We will be collecting…
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Hell Creek Field Trip with Burpee Museum
Spaces are still available for Burpee Museum’s Highway to Hell Creek Expeditions. See the flyer below or visit our Expeditions Page (http://www.burpee.org/education/expeditions.asp) for more details.
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ESCONI Field Trips, 2012
We have a few field trips coming up. To attend field trip, one needs to be a member of ESCONI, which is easy to do! The St.Paul field trip is limited to age 18 and above. However, under 18 yr members are welcome to the Schingoethe field trip and the Braceville field trip. Sun, 4/15…
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Field Trip: March 3, 2012: Ancient “Elephants” Marathon
Come join us on Saturday, March 3, 2012 for a field trip as we explore many of the ancient elephants (a.k.a., mammoths and mastodons) that have been excavated and preserved around DuPage County. Jack MacRae, Naturalist, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County will lead us on the day-long excursion and field experience. This is a…
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Most Memorable Geologic Event You Experienced
The blog, Accretionary Wedge, is calling for posts about your most memorable or signifcant geologic event that you have directly experienced –
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Events for 1st Half of November 2011
Sat. 11/5 Work Day Come out one and all – we need your help! We have to organize our club collection. So please stop by to help for one or more hours on Saturday, November 5, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm in 900 Knell Road, Montgomery Illinois. On that day if you have problems finding…
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Events for the Last Couple Weeks of Sept. 2011
Wed. 9/21 – Celebrate Illinois Archaeology Awareness Month & Help with an Archaeological Excavation at Garfield Farm Museum To register, see the dig, or to financially contribute to the effort, contact the museum at 630 584-8485, e-mail info@garfieldfarm.org or write to Box 403 La Fox, IL 60147. Fri. 9/23 – Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of…
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Event This Week: Ending 9/4/11
Friday, Sept 2 – Behind the Scenes Tour of Field Museum. 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. $74, includes entry to museum, class code – YEMS-0010-010. All ages. Sign up through College of Dupage’s web site or call Georgia Madden at (630) 942-2063. Less than 1% of the Field Museum’s specimens are actually on display –…
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Events in August, 2011
August 26–28—South Bend, IN. Michiana Gem and Mineral Society’s 48th Annual Jewelry, Gem, and Mineral Show and Sale, St. Joseph Cnty. 4-H Fairgrounds, Esther Singer Bldg., 5177 S. Ironwood Rd. Info.—Marie Crull, 574/272-7209, or crullb2@sbcglobal.net, or sauktown.com/Michiana. Friday, August 26 – ESCONI Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. NOTE! ROOM CHANGE! College of Dupage, Student Resource Center,…
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Events In Last Half of July 2011
Sat., 7/23, Geodes and Gems, Elgin Public Museum, Noon-2 PM; Free Geodes are one of the coolest phenomena of geology; deceptively like a regular rock at first glance, when cracked open, geodes reveal beautiful quartz formations. Discover how they formed and even have a chance to crack open one for yourself. Museum representatives will be…
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Events This Week 6/13 – 6/20/2011
Saturday, 6/18 – ESCONI Field Trip to the Larson (Vulcan) Quarry on Barber Greene Road in Sycamore, IL. 9:00 am to 11:30AM. Sign up by sending me an email with the number of people and their names. I will acknowledge by return email. Dave fossil54@att.net Rules: 1. Must be an ESCONI member. 2. Must be…
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Events this week
Saturday and Sunday – ESCONI Mazon Creek fossil collecting trip in Braceville. Collecting Mazon Creek Fossils on private propertyMeet at 8:00 A.M. Saturday at the BP Amoco in Coal City. No Age Limit. Hard Hats not required. Take I-55 to Exit 236 (Coal City). Take a right onto Highway 113 (Division Street). Go west to…
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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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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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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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Collecting Mazon Creek Fossils Sat 9/26 & Sun 9/27, 2009
Collecting Mazon Creek Fossils Meet at 8:00 A.M. Saturday and or Sunday at the BP Amoco in Coal City. No Age Limit. Hard Hats not required. Boots are recommended. An Estwing rock hammer is the best tool. A small shovel or pick is helpful. Knee pads, backpacks, fanny packs, extra clothes (you will get wet…
