Tag: Juniors
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ESCONI Events December 2018
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Dec 7th ESCONI Holiday Party – Details are here. Get your RSVP in today! Fri, Dec 7th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Antarctic Dinosaurs” by Dr. Peter Makovicky of the…
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Reminder: ESCONI November Junior Meeting, Friday 9th, 2018 at 7:00 PM – Topic “Crystals”
Is your child interested in crystals? Join us at our junior meeting! Friday November 9th 7pm College of DuPage Technical Education Center West side room 1038B Contact gallowayscottf@gmail.com with questions facebook.com/ESCONI.fb
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ESCONI Events November 2018
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Nov 9th ESCONI Junior Meeting, 7:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: Crystals Fri, Nov 9th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Cretaceous…
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ESCONI November Junior Meeting, Friday 9th, 2018 at 7:00 PM – Topic “Crystals”
Is your child interested in crystals? Join us at our junior meeting! Friday November 9th 7pm College of DuPage Technical Education Center West side room 1038B Contact gallowayscottf@gmail.com with questions facebook.com/ESCONI.fb
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October 2018 Junior Meeting is Friday, October 12th, 2018 at 7:00 PM
The October 2018 Junior Meeting will be held on Friday, October 12th, 2018 at 7:00 PM, just before the General Meeting in TEC room 1038B at the College of DuPage. Here is a map.
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ESCONI Events October 2018
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sun, Oct 7th ESCONI Field Trip, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Airport Quarry in Rockford, IL – See details here Fri, Oct 12th ESCONI Junior Meeting, 7:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: TBA Fri, Oct…
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ESCONI Events September 2018
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! see details in this post Sat, Sep 8th ESCONI Field Trip, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM Braceville Spoil Pile – See details here Sun, Sep 9th ESCONI Field Trip, 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM Braceville Spoil Pile – See details here Fri, Sep 14th…
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Former ESCONI Junior hits the big time
Dr. Rebecca Rogers Ackermann is featured in September's issues of both Discover Magazine and Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-is-homo-sapiens-the-sole-surviving-member-of-the-human-family/ http://discovermagazine.com/2018/sep/hopeful-monsters
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ESCONI Events June 2018
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, June 8th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Cretaceous Reef Paleoecology of Central Texas” by Dr. Rex Hanger from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater Sat, June 16th ESCONI Paleontology Study…
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ESCONI Events May 2018
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, May 11th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Mississippi Valley-type Mineralization at the Conco Mine, North Aurora, Illinois” by Jared Freiburg Sat, May 12th Field Trip, Braceville for Mazon Creek Fossils,…
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ESCONI Events April 2018
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Apr 20th ESCONI General Meeting, 7:30 PM College of Dupage – Health and Science Center (HSC) Building, Room 1234 (Map) – Topic: “Great Steps in the History of Life: The Origin of Limbed Vertebrates” by Dr. Ted Daeschler from the Academy of Natural…
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ESCONI Events March 2018
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Mar 9th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Human Evolution – an update.” by Dr. Dan Gebo from the Department of Anthropology at NIU Sat, Mar 10th Warehouse Work Day, 9:00…
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ESCONI Events February 2018
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Rescheduled for Mar 9th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Human Evolution – an update.” by Dr. Dan Gebo from the Department of Anthropology at NIU Sat, Feb 17th Warehouse Work Day,…
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ESCONI Events January 2018
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Jan 12th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “The Ordovician of the Anti-Atlas Mountains.” by Dennis Whitney Sat, Jan 20th Warehouse Work Day, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM – (Map) –…
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ESCONI Events December 2017
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Dec 1st ESCONI Holiday Party, 5:30-7:30 – Cozymels in Wheaton, IL. Map Fri, Dec 1st ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “In the Realm of the Submerged Crocodile: Archaeology at the…
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ESCONI Events November 2017
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Nov 4th Field Trip – Thornton Quarry – see here for details. Fri, Nov 10th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “What do we know about life on early Earth?” by…
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ESCONI Events October 2017
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sun, Oct 8th Field Trip – Irene Quarry – see here for details. Fri, Oct 13th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Fluorite and Rare Earth Elements in the Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar District”…
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ESCONI Events September 2017
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Sept 8th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Calymene blumenbachii and the Discovery of Trilobites” by Dr. Don Mikulic, Senior Paleontologist with the Illinois State Geological Survey Sat, Sept 9th and…
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ESCONI Events June 2017
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, June 9th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Coal Swamps, Coral Reefs, and Continental Glaciers: A Look at Prairie-State Geology” by Ray Wiggers Sat, June 25th Field Trip – State Street…
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ESCONI Events May 2017
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, May 5th Field Trip – St. Paul, IN – see here for details. Sun, May 7th Field Trip – Rockford, IL Quarry – see here for details. Fri, May 12th ESCONI General Meeting, 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building,…
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ESCONI Events April 2017
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, April 8th ESCONI Minerology Study Group Meeting, 7:30 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Slide Program on Micromounting” We will review the slide program on micromounting, which was recently digitized, with a view to updating…
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Donation of Material for the Junior Booth at the Upcoming Show
For the junior booth, we need small specimens in large quantities that could go in grab bags. Small geodes, tumbled stones, brachiopods, or crinoid stems anything like that would do. Maybe, you’ve got small jars or bags of these things sitting in the basement coated with dust. Get rid of some clutter and drop it…
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ESCONI Events March 2017
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, March 11th ESCONI Minerology Study Group Meeting 7:30 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: Annual Mineral Identification Contest; Bring 3 unlabeled specimens and 4 labels Sat, March 25th ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show! For…
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ESCONI Events February 2017
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Feb 10th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “An examination of a historic collection of hadrosaur material from the San Juan Ba-sin, New Mexico” by Dr. Merrilee Guenther, Associate Professor at Elmhurst College Sat,…
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ESCONI Events January 2017
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Jan 13th ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 PM College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “The New Madrid Seismic Zone: What have we learned in 200 years?” by David Voorhees, Associate Professor of Earth Science and Geology atWaubonsee Community College Sat, Jan…
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ESCONI Events December 2016
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Dec. 2nd ESCONI Holiday Party 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. – Cozymel’s Restaurant, 311 East Loop Road, Wheaton, IL 60189 Fri, Dec. 2nd ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Spheres of Influence; A Geobiological approach…
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ESCONI Events November 2016
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Fri, Nov. 11 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Indian Mounds of Illinois” by Jack Macrae, DuPage Forest Preserve District (Retired) Sat, Nov. 12 ESCONI Minerology Study Group Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech…
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ESCONI Events October 2016
Field trips require membership, but visitors are welcome at all meetings! Sat, Oct. 8 ESCONI Minerology Study Group Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Mineral Explorer’s Video” Sat, Oct. 8 Field Trip – Starved Rock Clay Pit. See here for details. Fri, Oct. 14 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00…
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ESCONI Events September 2016
Fri, Sept 9 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “How Digitization Helped Tame the Tully Monster” by Paul Mayer of the Field Museum Sat, Sept 10 ESCONI Minerology Study Group Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic:…
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ESCONI Events June 2016
Fri, June 10 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “The Geology of Antarctica” by Andy Orr of Argonne National Laboratory ESCONI Paleontology Study Group Meeting – No Meeting Until September ESCONI Minerology Study Group Meeting – No Meeting Until September ESCONI Archaeology…
