Back in April, the students had the opportunity to visit two museums at Brigham Young University (BYU), the Museum of Paleontology and the Museum of Peoples and Cultures. At the Musuem of Paleontology, the students were greeted by Dr. Brooks Britt, the chair of the Department of Geological Sciences and head of paleontology. He had one of his students, Jacob Frewin, lead the kids on a tour of the museum, teaching them the significance and history of the specimens.
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| Jacob giving a tour of the main exhibits |
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| Hands-on with the fossils |
Jacob then took them into the fossil preparation lab, where the students got to use some of the tools and see some amazing and rare samples. They even got to "pet" a dinosaur by touching an imprint of dinosaur skin. At the end, Jacob allowed the children to each keep a small piece of a dinosaur bone.
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| Getting to use fossil prep tools |
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| Touring the special collections |
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"Petting" a dinosaur
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| Claw from a Utahraptor! |
After the Museum of Paleontology, we went to the Museum of Peoples and Cultures. This small museum focuses on groups of people that have lived in Utah, and included a scavenger hunt amidst the exhibits.
It was a long and busy day for The Learning Hall, but we all got to see some incredible things.
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