Dinosaur Day at the Newark Museum

Posted: April 23rd, 2012 | Author: admin | Filed under: Preschool Activities | No Comments »

Dinosaur Day 04.29.2012 10 am–4:30 pm Sunday. Join in a fun-filled day of activities for the entire family.

+ Interactive, 15 ft. T-Rex accompanied by the Dinosaur Troubadour

• “Mesozoic Concentration”
• “Raptor Feud”
Presented by Field Station: Dinosaurs

+ Touchable Specimens, including dinosaur and other pre-historic fossils by Taylor Made Fossils

+ Live Animal Shows:

• Dinosaurs to Birds with Bill Robinson
• Snakes-N-Scales with Bill Boesenberg

+ Shark Tooth Fossil Dig – NJ Paleontological Society

+ Tsunami Tank, Geo Treasure Hunt, Sluicing for Minerals, Dinosaur Origami, Earthquake Simulator and much more…

+ Planetarium Shows:

• Zula Patrol 2
• Dinosaur Prophecy
• Heart of the Sun

+ Hurricane Simulator — Experience winds up to 70 miles per hour

+ Meet Dora the Explorer

Geologists and engineers from Rutgers University, Kean University, NSF, Exxon Mobile, the New Jersey Paleontological Society and the US Geological Survey will also be on hand to share what modern geologists learn about dinosaurs and the history of the Earth.

Presented by the Newark Museum in collaboration with Rutgers University–Newark.Made possible in part through the generosity of: ExxonMobil, National Science Foundation and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. The Newark Museum is located at 49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102-3176 Phone: 973.596.6550

 

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