Executive Director and Alumna to Present at National Conference
Project Exploration Cofounder and Executive Director, Gabrielle Lyon, and alumna Edna Angeles are selected presenters at the National Conference on Summer Learning on April 16-17, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Their workshop is entitled, Bringing it all Back Home: Summer Field Experiences That Get Minority Youth and Girls Interested in Science, Keep Them Interested in Science, and Equip Them to Pursue Science.
Edna’s relationship with Project Exploration exemplifies our long-term, personalized approach. She has been involved with Project Exploration since 2000, volunteering multiple years as a Dinosaur Giant, going into the field twice with Junior Paleontologists, and being named a SuperCroc Delegate. She is now a student at Richard J. Daley College and serves on the Project Exploration board of directors.
Dinosaur Giants in Action at ReptileFest
Saturday and Sunday,
April 4 and 5, 2009
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
University of Illinois-Chicago,
P.E. Building
901 West Roosevelt Road
Chicago, Illinois 60608
DeAndre and Mary share information about Carcharodontosaurus to thousands of visitors at the 2008 ReptileFest.
Photo G. Lyon
Project Exploration’s Dinosaur Giants team members will be providing hands-on programming at ReptileFest, April 4-5, 2009 at the University of Illinois-Chicago. The nation’s largest educational reptile and amphibian show, ReptileFest is presented by the Chicago Herpetological Society.
Visitors will have the opportunity to see and touch hundreds of reptiles and amphibians from around the world, have their photo taken with large reptiles, and browse exhibits, vendors, and games. Dinosaur Giants will lead guests in hands-on science activities.
Visit the Chicago Herpetological Society web site for more information and a discount coupon to the event.
People of the Green Sahara
Public Lecture
Monday, March 23, 2009
7:00p.m.
Photo © Mike Hettwer
Francis W. Parker School
Diane and David B. Heller Auditorium
330 W. Webster Ave.
Chicago, IL 60614
Travel back in time with world-renowned paleontologist
Dr. Paul Sereno to learn about an ancient human world.
In 2000, a major archaeological discovery made in
Niger by a team led by Dr. Sereno opened a window
onto the “Green Sahara.” The site revealed
a 5,000-year-long drama of changing climate and transforming
cultures. Lakeside cemeteries with of hundreds of
spectacular human burials included a man seated in
a turtle shell, a girl wearing an arm bracelet, and
a triple burial involving a mother and two children
in symbolic embrace.
Photo © Mike Hettwer
These people’s tools, ornaments, diet, health,
stature, genetic relationships, and appearance were
reconstructed by an interdisciplinary and international
team of scientists. This is a free, one-hour
public lecture.
Register
for the People of the Green Sahara
public lecture.
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