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Fossil Workshop in Alabama for Science Teachers - Oct. 21, 2008 - Register Now
Fossil Workshop in SW Alabama
This fossil workshop is sponsored by the Geological Survey of Alabama, The University of West Alabama, and Discovering Alabama.
The cost of the workshop is $15. Science teachers will receive 8 CEU's, a field guidebook, Lost Worlds in Alabama Rocks
by Jim Lacefield, two Discovering Alabama DVDs, a geologic map of
Alabama, fact sheets on Alabama fossils, a box lunch, a fossil kit, and
more.
Date:
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 7:30am to 4:30pm
Birmingham, AL skyline on Birmingham, UK pamphlet
Birmingham council uses picture of city skyline in leaflet to encourage civic pride... but it's Birmingham, Alabama
[Just for grins, not fossil related at all! - - BPS Admin]
It was the ideal image for a pamphlet celebrating Birmingham's recycling success - an imposing picture of the city's skyline.
There was just one problem: The photo council chiefs chose was of Birmingham, Alabama - more than 4,000 miles away in the U.S.
2008 Falls Fossil Festival - Falls of the Ohio State Park, Sept. 20-21, 2008
Falls of the Ohio State Park will be hosting the annual Falls Fossil Festival at one of the world's most spectacular naturally exposed fossil beds! Visitors can explore and tour a rich Middle Devonian patch reef packed with fossils on the riverbed at the Falls of the Ohio. Collecting trips will be available in nearby localities (not in the park itself). This will be a two day event, September 20-21, 2008.
Date:
Saturday, September 20, 2008 - 9:30am
City site was dinosaur dining room
Edmonton, Canada - A dinosaur bone bed in southwest Edmonton that served as a feeding area for the direct ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex has revealed that two dinosaurs, thought to have lived in different eras, actually lived at the same time.
BPS August 4, 2008 Meeting
Our speaker for the August 4th BPS meeting will be Dr. Andrew K. Rindsberg. Dr. Rindsberg is a paleontologist (specialized background in trace fossils), and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at University of West Alabama. His presentation for the upcoming BPS meeting will be: “Horseshoe crabs through time and space: one of the most famous living fossils, its modern habits and ancient remains, including trace and body fossils."
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Date:
Monday, August 4, 2008 - 7:00pm
Priceless 80m year old fossilised haddock discovered by pensioner 15 years after he picked it up from the beach
Staring balefully out over the garden pond, it was one of the more unusual items in Peter parvin's rockery.
The stone shaped like a fish head lay among the retired policeman's display of pottery and shells for more than 15 years after he picked it up on a beach.
McWane Science Center is 10 years old !
McWane Science Center, BPS's home for the past 2 1/2 years, celebrated their 10th birthday by throwing a Birthday Blast party July 12th, which featured a visit from Nickelodeon, stunt shows by Michael Saab of the Modern Gypsies, a new outdoor interactive robotic sculpture "Linear Motion", fresh new exhibits, free cake, and a lot more fun!
June 28, 2008 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter County, AL
Trip to Sumter County, Alabama. . . more to follow, wanted to get pictures up for everyone.
(Pictures courtesy Jan Novak and Vicki Lais)
BPS July 7, 2008 Meeting
Our July meeting will be held 7-7 at 7pm. The speaker will be Dr. Ron Buta, a professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Alabama. He has been actively involved in collection and documentation of fossil trackways from the Steven Minkin Footprint Site for a number of years, and is also internationally known for his research on galaxies and astrophysics.
Date:
Monday, July 7, 2008 - 7:00pm