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Special Online Events for Families, November 7-17, 2020
Join us for 10 days of fossil fun! We usually celebrate our annual Fossil Family Festival in November but this year we've moved our celebration online.
From November 7-17, we're offering digital programs and activities with paleontologists, fossil preparators, educators, and artists.
Get a special tour behind the scenes in the fossil prep lab at the National Museum of Natural History with fossil preparator Michelle Pinsdorf. She shows how she cleans, prepares, and protects fossils that come to the museum from the field. She and paleobiologist Karma Nanglu answer questions and connect you to this important and fun work.
La exploración de la historia natural no solo tiene que suceder en el museo, ¡también puede ocurrir en tu hogar!
Acompaña a los educadores del museo mientras guían a tu familia a través de actividades de desarrollo de habilidades científicas, leen libros de ciencia y naturaleza e introducen formas de explorar el mundo natural y las colecciones.
En este programa viajamos millones de años al pasado para aprender más sobre dinosaurios encontrados en América del Sur. Con la ayuda del paleontólogo Fernando Novas, conocimos a algunos de los dinosaurios más grandes descubiertos hasta hoy: “Los gigantes del Sur.” Luego, el paleoartista Sebastian Rozadilla nos enseño a dibujar uno de estos gigantes.
Paleoartists Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger teach dinosaur drawing during a Zoom webinar earlier this year.
Saturday, November 7, 2020
The exploration of natural history doesn't have to just happen at the museum - it can happen in your home too!
Join museum educators as they walk your family through science skill-building activities and ways to explore the natural world and collections.
Follow along with two of the world’s top paleoartists, Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger, as they teach you how to sketch your own dinosaur drawings! As you sketch, they describe how they use scientific evidence to create their art.