Have you ever wondered how fossils are collected out in the field?
Or, what happens to them after they are collected?
Or, how they are stored and organized in a museum?
Or, what they can tell us about past life?
Have you ever wondered what southwestern Idaho and adjacent areas were like millions of years ago?

Well, find the answers to these and many other questions at the “Fossil Workshop” to be held on Saturday June 26, 2004. This special event is sponsored by the Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History at Albertson College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.
Join Dr. Patrick Fields (our curator of Fossils and Research Associate in Paleobotany) for either the morning or afternoon session. Each half-day session will consist of some discussion and photographic slides about how fossils are named, identified, collected, stored, and studied; followed by lots of hands-on “real life” experience with recently collected fossils. You can even try your hand at identifications! Cameras are welcome.
When Dr. Fields is not curating our collections (or making presentations on chocolate – as during the Friday June 25, 2004 evening session), he can be found teaching any of numerous science courses at Olivet College in Michigan.

SPACE IS LIMITED AND RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED.
Admission: $25.00
with proceeds to benefit the Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History,
Albertson College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.
The fun runs from 9:00-12:00 noon
OR
1:00-4:00 p.m.
Saturday June 26, 2004
in the Orma J. Smith Museum
basement of Boone Science Building
Albertson College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.

For reservations and more information call: JoAnn Bellon, 208-459-5211 or email:
Jbellon[at]albertson[dot]edu. Please RSVP by June 23.

THIS IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN HOW
THE ORMA J. SMITH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
CURATES, STORES, AND USES THEIR FOSSIL COLLECTIONS!
Your participation will help reduce the backlog of material needing curation.
Ask JoAnn Bellon for details about a FREE field trip out to collect fossils at Succor Creek on Sunday June 27.

For more information about this event or the Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History, visit
http://www.albertson.edu/museum/index.htm