To ensure active participation, Institute enrollment will be limited. In addition to practicing field paleontology and collaborating with science education colleagues, participants will be asked to think about how formal and informal education links can strengthen science education in their school district and throughout the state. To increase dinosaur science advocacy in home school districts, participants will leave the Institute with a wide array of educational resource materials. Participants will be selected by the Institute staff and Education Advisory Panel. Cost The Institute is supported by federal agencies, foundations, and individuals dedicated to the advancement of paleontology education in the state of Texas and by a subcontract with the Texas Rural Systemic Initiative.
Participants are responsible for their own travel to and from Fort Worth.
The Institute has been designed to engage participants in rich science opportunities. Opening orientation events begin Monday afternoon, June 4. An early Tuesday morning departure will allow time for lunch and collecting stops at selected Cretaceous sites. Digsite arrival will allow for camp set-up, dinner, and evening campfire activities. Wednesday and Thursday camp activities include field excavation, mapping, jacketing, and continued natural science and geological interpretation.