Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Fossil-Fueled Field Trip to the Burke Museum

Ready to board the bus, with the Birthday Girl !

Today's feature: the Burke @ the University of Washington--
it's the oldest museum in Washington state, founded in 1885

The mighty Mastodon (translation: old, hairy elephant)
these guys have been extinct for 10,000 years!

Excuse me, is this the Dinosaur tour?

Make no bones about it...
skeletons are a little creepy--
This one's about the size of a large dog.

Dinosaurs !! (at last)

Have you seen Ice Age yet?  (hint: not the movie)

Digging for artifacts is fun!

First, you find your fossil...

then you determine what time period it came from...

is it Ancient, Dinosaur, Hot, or Cold ?

Our Kodak moment