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.
Birmingham, AL skyline on Birmingham, UK pamphlet
Submitted by admin2 on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 3:48pmBirmingham 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]
2008 Falls Fossil Festival - Falls of the Ohio State Park, Sept. 20-21, 2008
City site was dinosaur dining room
Submitted by admin2 on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 3:50pmEdmonton, 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 liv
BPS August 4, 2008 Meeting
BPS regular monthly meetings are held on the 1st
Priceless 80m year old fossilised haddock discovered by pensioner 15 years after he picked it up from the beach
Submitted by admin2 on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 3:14pmStaring balefully out over the garden pond, it was one of the more unusual items in Peter parvin's rockery.
McWane Science Center is 10 years old !
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 07/13/2008 - 12:11amMcWane 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
June 28, 2008 - Cretaceous Fossils, Sumter County, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 8:32pmTrip 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.
May 31, 2008 - Late Cretaceous Fossils, Dallas County, AL
Submitted by admin2 on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 8:04pmThis Saturday in late May was HOT!