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Are You Ready for the Expedition?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a paleontologist?
Work with OU paleontologists at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum
of Natural History and then travel to a rugged field location in Utah for the fossil-finding adventure of
a lifetime!
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Join the Expedition
Check back soon for more information about Paleo Expedition 2010!
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What is Paleo Expedition?
Paleo Expedition is a one-of-a-kind field experience for Oklahoma high school students currently enrolled in grades 9-11. Paleo Expedition is a chance for Oklahoma youth to work with paleontologists in studying the history of life, based on the fossil record.
Working alongside scientists from OU, participants will have the unique opportunity to combine a wilderness experience with hands-on participation in field-based science, where the laboratory is the great outdoors.
This program is fully funded by the Whitten-Newman Foundation and there is no cost to participants.
Working with Paleontologists
Twelve competitively-selected participants will begin their 2+ week residential adventure with scientists from Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. An initial two-day introductory session at the Museum will be followed by travel to a rugged, remote field site in Utah. Here participants will explore the high desert with paleontologists, while learning basics such as mapping, GPS navigation, and desert survival.
Palaeontological work will include discovery and identification of many types of fossils from the latter part of the Age of Dinosaurs, and will feature excavation of 75-million year old dinosaurs.
Field Experience
Participants will spend most of their time outdoors residing in tents with no available showers, no air conditioning and no electricity. During the camping portion of this expedition participants will be in an unpopulated area of the high desert, supervised by and under the care of highly experienced educators. Participants will be hiking through mountainous areas in summer heat every day.