KANSAS

Kansas Archaeology Month takes place in April. For more information, visit: www.ksarchaeo.info/KAM/KAM/resources.html.

Kansas Archeology Training Program
The Kansas State Historical Society and the Kansas Anthropological Association sponsor this field school for 10-16 days in June at a different site each year. Children must be at least 10 years of age to participate, and children under 15 must work alongside a parent or sponsoring adult. For more information, visit: www.kshs.org/resource/kaa.htm.

The University of Kansas Natural History Museum
offers a variety of programs for children, including summer camps. They also have a large fossil collection including mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, Xiphactinus and other Cretaceous period animals. Children can touch the fossilized femur of Camarasaurus, learn about the evolution of ancient plants and trees, and discover invertebrate fossils, including ammonites, trilobites and giant squid. For more information, call 785-864-4540, or visit: http://www.nhm.ku.edu/.

Kansas Historical Society has artifacts left over from Native Americans who were relocated to Kansas during the Indian Removal. Many of the artifacts were recovered from mission schools established to educate the Native American children. The fort also has items recovered from the Civil War, petroglyphs and ceramics from early natives Americans. For more information: http://www.kshs.org/portal_archeology

The Sternberg Museum of Natural History, located in the world-famous, cretaceous chalk beds of the Niobrara Formation, features fossils of amazing animals that lived in the seaway as the Age of Dinosaurs drew to a close. A huge walk-through diorama of both land and sea environments allows visitors to experience the plants and animals of this exciting time. The exhibit is complete with sounds and moving replicas, including a Tyrannosaurus rex.

Many of the educational offerings focus on palaeontology, especially the palaeontology of dinosaurs and the famous chalk beds nearby. Whenever possible, the Demonstration Laboratory is staffed with student and volunteer workers. While they are there, you can see fossil preparation and other tasks that are an on-going part of the museum's research programs. In addition to fossils, you can see many other exciting traveling and temporary exhibitions. The museum features exhibitions in all areas of the natural sciences. And don't forget to visit the Discovery Room for hands-on learning and fun! For more information, call 877-332-1165, or visit its Web site at:www.fhsu.edu/sternberg.

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