November 15, 2004 - Meadowview Elem School, Dallas Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Wed, 11/17/2004 - 11:00pmOn November 15, 2004, Vicki Lais and Nancy Kenfield, members of the Birmingham Paleontological Society Community Education Committee, were the guests of Mrs. Woods' "gifted student" class at Meadowview Elementary School in Selma, Alabama. These are all third-graders and BPS had been invited to speak when one of the students told her teacher about
BPS November 1, 2004 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Program: Discover video - Dinosaurs
Program: Discover video - Dinosaurs
Date:
Monday, November 1, 2004 - 7:00pm
October 23, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Tuscaloosa and Hale Co, AL
Submitted by Nancy Kenfield Lea on Tue, 10/26/2004 - 11:00pmOctober
saw the troops
headed to Hale
county, AL to a favorite creek. After meeting at a rest area,
we
headed South to Tuscaloosa where we made a stop at the Museum of
Natural History on the University campus. Great fossil
collections as well as a fun exhibit of bugs and bats caught
everybody's interest. We were delighted to see that
the
October 2, 2004 - Lawrence and Colbert Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Mon, 10/04/2004 - 11:00pmThis field trip
to roadcuts in Lawrence and Colbert County, AL included
five stops during the
day. There were a number of students on the trip, who had
been
teased that "you're not going to find any fossils!". They
were
pleasantly surprised! After a long day of collecting, our
youngest participant, Bailey, decided she wanted to come on all our
BPS October 4, 2004 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Program: Hands on Workshop: CD ScreenSaver - Microscopic Specimens from the Mississippian
(Note: a short Specimen Cleaning Workshop was held during field trip Oct 2)
Program: Hands on Workshop: CD ScreenSaver - Microscopic Specimens from the Mississippian
(Note: a short Specimen Cleaning Workshop was held during field trip Oct 2)
Date:
Monday, October 4, 2004 - 7:00pm
Incorporation
Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/23/2004 - 11:00pmBPS filed Articles of Incorporation on
September 24, 2004. Our official, legal name is - ta da! Birmingham Paleontological Society. Who would have guessed?
BPS September 9, 2004
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Program: Presentation by Alabama Citizens for Science Education
Program: Presentation by Alabama Citizens for Science Education
Date:
Thursday, September 9, 2004 - 7:00pm
August 28, 2004 - Cretaceous Fossils, Butler Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Sun, 08/29/2004 - 11:00pmAugust
found the group once
again at a
Butler County, Alabama site. A
number of gastropods, nautiloids, shark teeth, turritella, and broken
pieces of pottery were found on this private property which has become
one of our favorite spots.
(Photos courtesy Vicki Lais)
One of the first items found. Forgot to put a scale in the photo,
(Photos courtesy Vicki Lais)
One of the first items found. Forgot to put a scale in the photo,
July 31, 2004 - Monroe Co, AL
Submitted by Vicki Lais on Wed, 08/04/2004 - 11:00pmThis
month BPS
members headed to Monroe
County in South Alabama, where we collected in the Lisbon Formation and
Gosport Sand. Steve and Gilbert took their boats, so we spent
the
day scouting several miles along the riverbanks. Due to rain
earlier in the week, the water level had risen 6-8 feet since the
BPS August 2, 2004 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st Monday of each month at the Homewood Public Library. Meeting is downstairs, in room 101.
Program: Hands on Workshop - Specimen Cleaning Techniques
Special - the hilarious "My First BPS Field Trip" as told by Carolyn Stanfield
Program: Hands on Workshop - Specimen Cleaning Techniques
Special - the hilarious "My First BPS Field Trip" as told by Carolyn Stanfield
Date:
Monday, August 2, 2004 - 7:00pm
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