The idea behind Kids' Dig! is to support and encourage youthful enthusiasm for the sciences, with an emphasis on paleontology. To do this we provide unique opportunities for children aged 8-12 to experience many aspects of paleontology in day-long adventures several times throughout the summer. Our goal is not to produce paleontologists, rather to engage children in the wonders of our natural world, and of course the thrill of discovery!

  
 

Kids' Dig dates for Summer 2008

Dates for June-August 2008:

  
June: 16, 20

July: 2, 11, 17, 25, 28

August: 4, 8, 13

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What is a Kids' Dig! like?

A common question is "what do they get to do?" Well, we meet at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center at 8:30 and the parents drop off their kids, and sign waivers. The kids pick up their free waterbottles (fill them up) and head to the field. All of the participants are split into two groups, while one group is digging in a dinosaur quarry, the other is prospecting for fossils in the Sundance Formation, an ancient seaway with belemnites, amonites, and camptonectes shells. Mid-morning the groups switch out. The groups then meet at noon in the Hot Springs State Park and have lunch and some free time to play on the playground.

After lunch the groups are split again with one going to the prep-lab and molding/casting lab, and the other going on an educational scavenger hunt through the museum. Again at mid-afternoon the groups switch. At the end of the afternoon we all gather and have a question and answer periord, and free time to visit the displays on their own. Parents then pick up their kids around 4:15-4:30 in the afternoon.