The Colorado
Springs Mineralogical Society and the Lake George Gem and Mineral Club’s Pebble
Pup/Earth Science Scholars program combined forces with the Florissant Fossil
Beds National Monument to be a part of the Cool Science Carnival Day at the
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs on Saturday, October 13, 2012.
Nonprofits,
government agencies, museums and other organizations from across the state
provided a day full of fun and science related activities. Cool Science
presented more than 80 live science shows, workshops, activity stations, and
performances throughout the day. The goal of Cool Science is to get Pikes Peak
area students, parents and teachers engaged in exciting hands-on activities and
workshops designed to provide intimidation-free opportunities to explore the
joy of science and engineering.
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| A parent examines a fossil bettle from the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument through a microscope. |
The Pikes
Peak Pebble Pups dominated an entire hall with a line-up on of activities that
had to be spread out over six tables. We
had five pebble pup/junior members work the event the entire day. More than
5,000 parents and kids attended the event.
A number of the young people who visited our tables plan to join pebble
pups and visit the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument soon.
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| A Florissant Fossil Beds National Park ranger mans the fossil beds table next to the CSMS table. |
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| The parents are as interested in our proceedings as their kids. |
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| Steve and Kurt take a short break. Kurt is one of the long- term members of Earth Science Scholars. He has written science research papers and science poetry that has been published in magazines. |
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| A number of potential pebble pups look at our displays. |
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| Zach Sepulveda and Betty Merchant oversee a fossil dig area. |
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| Soon another crowd appears wanting to know more about Earth science. Guess what? They came to the right place! |
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