{"id":86058,"date":"2023-06-07T09:48:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/?post_type=news&#038;p=86058"},"modified":"2023-06-07T10:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T14:39:03","slug":"microfossils-major-part-of-museums-public-science-project","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/news\/microfossils-major-part-of-museums-public-science-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Microfossils major part of museum\u2019s public science project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Eighth-graders-study-microfossils-NCMNS_edited_800w.jpg\" alt=\"Students from Exploris Middle School in downtown Raleigh identify microfossils as part of the Cretaceous Creatures project.\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 0.85em;\">Eighth grade students across the state, like these shown here at Exploris Middle School in downtown Raleigh, have spent the last year studying microfossils as part of the Cretaceous Creatures public science project through the Museum. Photo: Mike Garr\/NCMNS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>By Jennifer Allen, CoastalReview.org<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>More than 4,500 eighth graders during this school year have been helping the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences identify hundreds of microfossils.<\/p>\n<p>In its first year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cretaceouscreatures.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cretaceous Creatures<\/a> public science project, a part of the upcoming \u201cDueling Dinosaurs\u201d exhibit at the museum, has provided tools and training to 55 classrooms in 32 counties in the state, Project Director Dr. Elizabeth Jones told Coastal Review.<\/p>\n<p>Fully funded by Bank of America, teachers are given lesson plans, presentations, videos and kit materials at no charge, giving students an opportunity to discover fossils and make identifications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/coastalreview.org\/2023\/06\/microfossils-major-bit-of-museums-public-science-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story on CoastalReview.org<\/a><\/h4>\n<hr class=\"cleardiv\" \/>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cretaceouscreatures.org\/get-involved-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration for Cretaceous Creatures<\/a><\/strong> is now open to 8th grade North Carolina teachers for fall 2023\u2013spring 2024.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"cleardiv\" \/>\n<p><em>For more information about our upcoming activities, conservation news and ground-breaking research, follow @NaturalSciences on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/naturalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naturalsciences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/naturalsciences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0Join the conversation with #visitNCMNS.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86060,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/86058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/86058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalsciences.org\/calendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}