Field Trips
Hold your next school field trip at Dig It! The Fossil Workshop.
Dig It! The Fossil Workshop is an interactive educational destination where children dig in Jurassic sand quarries for their favorite 5-600 million years old fossils. This 2 hour science presentation will allow your students to learn about dinosaurs, fossils, rocks and mineral during prehistoric life.
Aligned with State Standards the curriculum for the live Learn It! Play It! Dig It! field trip presentation is in line with state standards and grade level requirements. Some of the fossils your students will handle and learn about include: an Otodus Shark's Tooth, one of the largest recorded sharks in history, a sea scorpion over 300 million years old, and an Odontochile Spiniferum, approximately 365 million years old.
At Dig it! our staff is well trained to help the children learn:
The Scientific Method
Critical thinking skills
Team Work
How to excavate their fossils and prepare them
About the science of paleontology and geology
Dig It! The Fossil Workshop Field Trip, every child that participates in a Learn It! Play It! Dig It! field trip has the opportunity to learn about paleontology, geology, dinosaurs, fossils, prehistoric life and much more at the Dig It! Prehistoric Learning Center. The children then apply that knowledge hands-on by digging for authentic 5-600 million years old fossils in the Dig It! quarries. Once they selected their favorite fossil, they are taught how to properly clean and prepare it at a real-life paleontology prep station. Finally, they get to take home their prized specimen.
The Learn It! Play It! Dig It! program is filled with verbal instruction, visual displays and educational play opportunities that all serve to reinforce the principles learned through hands-on application, the proven best method for children to learn. The Dig it facility also offers a Prehistoric Learning Center where various rare fossils are on display and children can browse fun and interesting dinosaur-themed books. This 2 hour Dig it! experience is priced very low for school groups so that each child will have an experience and affordable, hands on interactive field trip creating memories of a lifetime. Over the past four years, Dig It! The Fossil Workshop has completed over 5,000 field trips, teaching and inspiring thousands of students in the areas of paleontology and geology. |
