Tag: Juniors
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ESCONI Events May 2016
Sat, May 7 Field Trip – Irene Quarry Fri, May 13 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Mid-continent rift system of North America” by Carol Stein of UIC Sat, May 14 ESCONI Mineral Study Group Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room…
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ESCONI Events April 2016
Fri, April 1-3 MAPS Expo 2016 – Sharpless Auction facility, Iowa City, Iowa (Map) – Theme: “The Mesozoic”, Phil Currie will be the keynote speaker! Fri, April 8 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “New Fossil Gymnosperms from Mongolia” by Fabiany Herrera of the Chicago…
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ESCONI Events March 2016
Fri, Mar 4 ESCONI 2016 Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show Setup – 12:00 – 3:00 PM – Want to volunteer by for an hour to help set up the show ? If so, stop on by! (Map) Sat, Mar 5 ESCONI 2016 Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show! – 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM – All…
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ESCONI Events February 2016
Fri, Feb 12 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Perry Mastodon Site Revisted, Glen Ellyn Illinois” by Steve Moshier of Wheaton College Sat, Feb 13 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting – 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Mineral…
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ESCONI Events January 2016
Fri, Jan 8 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Mine Planning and Geologic Services” by Jill Downer of Vulcan Materials Corp. Sat, Jan 9 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting – Canceled! Sat, Jan 16 ESCONI Paleontology Study Group Meeting, 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed…
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ESCONI Events November 2015
Fri, Nov 13 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Early Angiosperm Evolution” by Patrick S. Herendeen of the Chicago Botanical Garden Sat, Nov 14 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Tuscon Show Videos” Sat,…
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ESCONI Events October 2015
Fri, Oct 9 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Field Collecting and Preparation Techniques” by Connie Vanbeek of the Field Museum Sat, Oct 10 Field Trip – State Street Quarry in Rockford, IL, See this link for details. Sat, Oct 10 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting 7:30 p.m.…
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ESCONI Events September 2015
Fri, Sept 11 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Burrowing Dinosaurs” by Jamie Fearon of Wheaton College Sat, Sept 12 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Show and Tell” by ESCONI Club members Fri, Sept…
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ESCONI Events June 2015
Fri, June 5 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “The Evolution of Birds” by Adam Smith of the Field Museum Sat, June 13 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Flourite” Fri, June 19 ESCONI…
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ESCONI Events May 2015
Fri, May 8 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage – Berg Instructional Center (BIC), Room 1528 (Map) – Topic: “The Hell Creek Formation: The Twilight of Non-Avian Dinosaurs.” by Rob Sula Sat, May 9 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Evaporites”, ESCONI member Jim…
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ESCONI Events April 2015
Sat, April 10-12 MAPS EXPO Sharpless Auction House, Iowa City, IA (Map) – Title: “Cenozoic Era” Friday, April 10: 08:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Saturday, April 11: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Sunday, April 12: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (NOTE: extended Sunday hours) Sat, April 11 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage – Tech Ed…
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ESCONI Events March 2015
Fri, Mar. 13 ESCONI No General Meeting Sat, Mar. 14 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed Building (TEC), Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Barite and Beryl”, by ESCONI members Fri, Mar. 20 ESCONI No Archaeology Meeting Sat, Mar. 21-22 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show! – Dupage FairgroundsSaturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.…
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ESCONI Events February 2015
Fri, Feb. 13 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic:“The Human Paradox: Friendship and Violence in EvolutionaryPerspective.” by Dr. John Terrell, Anthropologist and Curator,Field Museum Sat, Feb. 14 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: “Nevada”, ESCONI member Jim…
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The FM’s Emily Grasle Meets a Pregnant Bat and the World’s Largest Spider
If you haven’t seen “The Brain Scoop” on youtube, head on over here and and check it out. In the latest show, she’s searching for bats and finds a huge spider in the Amazon. Emily is the Chief Curiosity Correspondent of the Field Museum in Chicago. Always an interesting show. They post new show pretty regularly…
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ESCONI Events January 2015
Fri, Jan. 9 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: Spinel group minerals in unequilibrated ordinary chondrites: How oxide minerals can aid in the understanding of the flux of extraterrestrial materials in Earth’s history, Jim Holstein, Robert A. Pritzker Center for Meteoritics and Polar Studies, The Field…
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ESCONI Events November, 2014
Sat, Nov 8 ESCONI Mineralogy Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) – Topic: Agates by Jeff Anderson, noted Agate Dealer and photographer Fri, Nov. 14 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) Topic: Revelations in the ‘Land of Conjecture’ – Cemeteries or Villages? Late Prehistoric Discoveries…
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ESCONI Events October, 2014
Oct 3rd, 2014 ESCONI Field Trip: St. Paul Quarry, To sign up, contact John at Fossilnautiloid@aol.com. You may also sign up at the September General and Paleo meetings. Fri, Oct 10, 2014 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) Topic: Chris Widga, Assistant Curator of Geology, Illinois State Museum,…
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ESCONI Events June-August, 2014
June 2014 Fri 6/13 ESCONI General Meeting 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed (TEC) Building, Room 1038B (Map) Topic: Snapshot in time – Geologic Secrets of the Springfield Coal Fossilized Forests Scott Elrick, from the Illinois State Geological Survey, will describe a 300-million-year-old fossilized forest, found along the Galatia channel, an ancient river that flowed across southern Illinois. This…
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Summer classes for kids
The Center for the Gifted is offering summer classes on fossils, and minerals and archaeology for preK to 8th grade. http://www.centerforgifted.org/
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ESCONI Events – April 2014
4/19 – Sat ESCONI Paleontology Meeting 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed Building (TEC), Room 1038B (Map) Topic: Jack Wittry, Bandringa sharks and the Shark nursery at Mazon creek, including discussion on the Shark Egg case fossil, palaeoxyris. 4/25 – Fri ESCONI Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, Teleconference Meeting. Members are always welcome, so if…
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ESCONI Events – March 2014
Sat 3/22 Archaeology Study Group Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed Building (TEC), Room 1038B (Map) Topic: “History & Science of the Shroud of Turin.” Dr John Ruskamp will be lecturing on the history and science of the famous Shroud of Turin. As one of most famous shrouds of history, Dr Ruskamp will display a life…
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Events for February 2014
Sat 2/22 Archaeology Study Group Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of Dupage, – Tech Ed Building (TEC), Room 1038B (Map) Topic: Dr John Ruskamp will speak on “Asiatic Echoes” The identification of ancient Chinese pictograms in pre-Columbian North America rock writing.n Article about John Ruskamp and his work: http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2014-01/11/content_17230727.htm Fri 2/28 ESCONI Board Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of…
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Kids Like Rocks
Kids can receive a free rock collection at the Junior Booth at the ESCONI show this March – helpful in achieving boy and girl scout badges and fun for kids who just like to collect. Please remind any scout troops that you know about the ESCONI show on 3/17 & 3/18 – they may want…
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Calendar of Events 2012
(Dates subject change) Sat. 1/21 January 2012 Sat. 1/7 Dinosaur Day at Lizzadro Museum. Fri. 1/13 General Meeting, 8:00 p.m. College of Dupage Building K, Room #161. Jack MacRae from the Willowbrook Nature Center will speak on “Local Discoveries of Mammoths and Mastodons.“ Sat. 1/14 Mineralogy and Micromount Study Group Meeting. 7:30 p.m. College of…
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Junior Paleontologists in the News
Nice article and video on Junior Paleontologists: At Project Exploration, becoming a Junior Paleontologist (JP) is more than just attending a summer camp. It’s the entrance into a mentorship program that lasts throughout high school, one which can have a lasting effect on a teenager’s future…
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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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News for the Younger Members
A gift idea for those with younger people in their life… the Paleobet poster via Scienceblogs. On the same subject of paleo for the young, the popular band, They Might Be Giants (TMBG), has a fun video and song named “I am a paleontologist”… (this and other songs by TMBG are the Schoolhouse Rock! of…
