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overheard in fossil halls at AMNH this
evening......
young boy: mommy, thats the one.
mom: what?
young boy: the one that lived on our
street
mom: honey, triceratops did not live in our
neighborhood.
young boy: but it has the same zip
code.... i checked.
I had to stop and ask where they were from,(and
explain to the mom what her son was talking about) since I have been following
your debate regarding possibility of particular populations versus actual fossil
finds. The visitors were from Colorado.
The kid was excited that an actual museum person
knew about the Discovery Channel website. He felt that his experience on
line was validated... and his mom realized she did not have to have him
analyzed...
This is really the point of sites like Beasts in
your Backyard. It gets kids interested in their own surroundings.
Perhaps they will start paying attention to local outcrops just in case they
could be full of fossils.
enjoy your weekend.
Jenny Lando
Assistant Coordinator Moveable Museum/Paleontology of Dinosaurs Education Department American Museum of Natural History CPW @ 79th Street NYC NY 10024 mailto:jenny@amnh.org 212-769-5189 212-769-5329 (fax) http://www.amnh.org "One looks with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child." - Carl Jung |