Dinosaurs in Yuba City

[fossilsonwheels]

We hit the road today and took our dinosaur fossils to Yuba City. We did two dinosaur programs for the second grade classes at Franklin Elementary. The kids had fantastic knowledge, asked tons of questions and were well behaved. Carter and I had a really great time and I think the kiddos did too. Thankful for the opportunity to reach new kids !! 

 

It was also our first chance to use the large Diplodocus bone and our Anzu claw. 

 

Here are some of the students checking out a big Diplodocus fossil while getting their fossils to take home  

 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Must be very rewarding. 

[Troodon]

[Runner64]

Very nice and well done  I am sure seeing smiles like in the photo is very rewarding!

[Darktooth]

[connorp]

Certainly wish I had something this cool back in elementary school, well done

[dinosaur man]

Great job @fossilsonwheels, well done!! 

[fossilsonwheels]

2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Must be very rewarding. 

It really is. We are having a blast too

[fossilsonwheels]

2 hours ago, Runner64 said:

Very nice and well done  I am sure seeing smiles like in the photo is very rewarding!

It is very rewarding and these kids knew their Dino’s. 

[fossilsonwheels]

1 hour ago, connorp said:

Certainly wish I had something this cool back in elementary school, well done

Thank you very much

[fossilsonwheels]

2 hours ago, Troodon said:

Thank you Frank

[fossilsonwheels]

2 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Thank you and congrats on no smoking. I know how hard that is too quit !!

[fossilsonwheels]

1 hour ago, dinosaur man said:

Great job @fossilsonwheels, well done!! 

Thank you very much

[Dinoguy89]

I always enjoy seeing your posts. It's awesome you're inspiring the up and coming. Out of interest where do you get your fossils from? Do you rely on donations?

[fossilsonwheels]

2 hours ago, Dinoguy89 said:

I always enjoy seeing your posts. It's awesome you're inspiring the up and coming. Out of interest where do you get your fossils from? Do you rely on donations?

We have come by our fossils in a variety of ways. We have gotten many donations for sure and a lot of those donations have gone straight to the kids. We purchase a lot of the fossils we use in the programs and give away too. A small percentage were self found from back in the day when I lived closer to Bakersfield where STH is. We do not rely on donations but at the same time, we could not be doing this without the donations we have received. We rarely trade and never sell fossils. Two of our three trades were participating in fun forum things like Sara the Traveling Ceratopsian and the Secret Santa Exchange. We did those to involve ourselves with forum members and have some fun more than get fossils from it.

 

It is a combination of sources and tremendous support from the people here. We have had donations from more than 20 members here and they have covered a variety of material from dinosaur fossils to shark teeth to corals to marine mammal bones.

 

If you look at our displays, you are seeing our collection. We actually have a fairly small collection. I had a small shark tooth collection prior to starting this a year ago. All of our dinosaur fossils have been acquired in the last year and that was done because we wanted to educate kids so it has grown rapidly with ALOT of help lol

[The Amateur Paleontologist]

Amazing educational program you've got there  

[Pemphix]

[Dinoguy89]

9 hours ago, fossilsonwheels said:

We have come by our fossils in a variety of ways. We have gotten many donations for sure and a lot of those donations have gone straight to the kids. We purchase a lot of the fossils we use in the programs and give away too. A small percentage were self found from back in the day when I lived closer to Bakersfield where STH is. We do not rely on donations but at the same time, we could not be doing this without the donations we have received. We rarely trade and never sell fossils. Two of our three trades were participating in fun forum things like Sara the Traveling Ceratopsian and the Secret Santa Exchange. We did those to involve ourselves with forum members and have some fun more than get fossils from it.

 

It is a combination of sources and tremendous support from the people here. We have had donations from more than 20 members here and they have covered a variety of material from dinosaur fossils to shark teeth to corals to marine mammal bones.

 

If you look at our displays, you are seeing our collection. We actually have a fairly small collection. I had a small shark tooth collection prior to starting this a year ago. All of our dinosaur fossils have been acquired in the last year and that was done because we wanted to educate kids so it has grown rapidly with ALOT of help lol

That's really cool that you're giving back like that. I wish I had something similar when growing up. I'd be happy to donate some material if you're looking for some  drop me a pm

[fossilsonwheels]

The teacher from the first program took a BUNCH of pictures so these will give you a great sense of what we do lol

 

Pic 1 Happy kids with shark teeth 

Pic 2 Petting the big Diplodocus bone. I think this picture shows how big that bone looks to the kids

[fossilsonwheels]

Examining a tooth up close. I think this is a Spino tooth. We had a Nano tooth going around at the same time too. 

[fossilsonwheels]

Up close and personal with a Pteranodon fossil 

 

The kids touching an Ichthyosaur vertebra and checking out some teeth

[fossilsonwheels]

We don’t use Nanosaurus often but we had the rare chance to do so during this program. The kids loved it. 

 

One of my favorite pictures from this day, the kids checking out Theropod fossils. The student is correctly identifying the Avisaurus tooth in the display. 

[fossilsonwheels]

@Troodon

 

I thought you would like these pictures. Not pictured, your Thescelosaurus toe bone was going around the room when I had the Nanosaurus out. We worked in more Ornithopod material this time. Huge hit.

[fossilsonwheels]

@Ramo

 

I wanted to let you know your Mosasaur vert has been a huge hit. You will see it on the table in one of these and every classroom since we got it has gotten to touch that fossils !

[fossilsonwheels]

@JohnBrewer

 

Your Ichthyosaur teeth have been super popular. We send them around the classroom with a vert we have in every classroom. The kids love seeing those teeth.