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Exhibit Events
Calendar of Exhibit Events
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Program Descriptions
Dino Surfing
(Grades K-3) – Computer Training Room.
Registration required.
Enter the web world of dinosaurs and fossils. Surf
special websites full of games, information, fun, and
discovery. Our Computer Training Room will be your
site to “dig!”
Dino Surfing
(Grades 4-6) – Computer Training Room.
Registration required.
Enter the web world of dinosaurs and fossils. Surf
special websites full of games, information, fun, and
discovery. Our Computer Training Room will be your
site to “dig!”
Donuts with Dinosaurs and Paleo-Artist
Lonny Stark –
Meeting Rooms A, B, and C. Advance registration is
required. Space is limited.
Bring a parent or adult friend to join Lonny Stark for
donuts, stories, songs, and cool take-home crafts.
Please note: Each child attending this event must be
accompanied by an adult caregiver. Strollers and
siblings will not be permitted in the room.
Reservations accepted beginning Monday, August 29 for
all three dates. Please call the Early Learning
Center at (847)-429-4595.
Force & Inertia by IMSA on Wheels
(Grades 3-5) - Meeting
Rooms A and B.
This mobile science theatre, developed and presented by
Illinois Math & Science Academy students, makes
Einstein’s scientific principles exciting. This
show is designed to spark interest in science and
encourage learning—great for school projects!
Monsters
of the Past with Don Baumgartner
(Grades 3-9) - Meeting Rooms A and B.
Don
Baumgartner brings his beloved collection of rocks and
fossils for a fun, hands-on fossil fact filled program.
He’ll even let you take a fossil home! Supplies
provided.
Art in the Stone Age: Painting and
Sculpture in Pre-history with Jeff Mishur (Grades
9-Adult) - Meeting Rooms A and B.
This slide lecture with Art Historian Jeff Mishur takes
a detailed look at selected examples of prehistoric art
including the famous Venus of Willendorf and the Lascaux
cave paintings.
Drawing Dinosaurs
(Grades 1-3) - Meeting Room C. Advance registration
required. Limited Seating
A
fun hour learning how to draw basic dinosaur shapes with
Judy Hayner. Bring your creativity and imagination.
Supplies provided.
Dino
Bone Puzzle (Grades 1-4) - Meeting Rooms A and B.
Putting broken dinosaur bones back together can be a
challenge. Paleo-artist and fossil hunter Lonny Stark
will instruct you how to work like a paleontologist,
while learning about dinosaur bones and the dig. Take
home your own bone! Supplies provided.
Dino Bone Puzzle (Grades 5-8) - Meeting Rooms A and
B.
Putting broken dinosaur bones back together can be a
challenge. Paleo-artist and fossil hunter Lonny Stark
will instruct you how to work like a paleontologist,
while learning about dinosaur bones and the dig. Take
home your own bone! Supplies provided.
Going on a Dig! (Grades 1-4)
- Meeting Rooms A and B.
Feel what it’s like to be a real paleontologist. Watch a
video clip and have fun trying on authentic equipment
while fossil hunter Lonny Stark tells about his
expedition with Dr. Sereno.
Going on a Dig! (Grades
5-8) - Meeting Rooms A and B.
Feel what it’s like to be a real paleontologist. Watch a
video clip and have fun trying on authentic equipment
while fossil hunter Lonny Stark tells about his
expedition with Dr. Sereno.
Planting a Living Fossil Seed (Grades 1-4) - Meeting
Rooms A and B.
What kind of plants lived on the earth millions of years ago?
Learn about the Dawn Redwood, which can grow in our
climate. Plant a living fossil seed to take home
and grow. Supplies provided.
Planting a Living Fossil Seed (Grades 5-8) - Meeting
Rooms A and B.
What kind of plants lived on the earth millions of years ago?
Learn about the Dawn Redwood, which can grow in our
climate. Plant a living fossil seed to take home
and grow. Supplies provided.
Casting Carcharodontosaurus
(Grades 1-4) - Meeting Rooms A and B. Advance
registration required. Limited Seating.
Investigate the life of Carcharodontosaurus and other
dinosaurs from the same period with paleo-artist Lonny
Stark. Mold this awesome dinosaur to take home. Supplies
provided.
Casting Carcharodontosaurus
(Grades 5-8) - Meeting Rooms A and B. Advance
registration required. Limited Seating.
Investigate the life of Carcharodontosaurus and other
dinosaurs from the same period with paleo-artist Lonny
Stark. Mold this awesome dinosaur to take home. Supplies
provided.
Dinosaurs? – MMMM…It Tastes Like Chicken! with
Mark Kuntz
(Grades 6 - Adult) -
Meeting Rooms.
It’s
a bird – no-- it’s a dinosaur! Fossil hunter Mark Kuntz
will introduce the latest theory about dinosaurs and
their relationship to modern day birds. He’ll show
evidence using real fossil specimens.
Classical Guitar Performance by
Norman Ruiz
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Meeting Rooms
Norman Ruiz will perform classical guitar music of Latin
America and Spain written by famous composers such as
Albeniz, Ponce, Brouwer and Tarrega. This acclaimed
soloist and teacher performs throughout the Chicago area
and has soloed with various symphony orchestras. He
studied with Pepe Romero, Oscar Ghilia and was chosen to
participate in a master class with the famous Andres
Segovia.
Family Movie – “Dinosaur
Giants: Found!”
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Meeting Rooms
Discover how Dr. Sereno excavated and reconstructed
Jobaria in this National Geographic Society video
special.
String Performance by The Suzuki
School of Elgin
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Meeting Rooms
Lamar Blum founder and
instructor of the Suzuki School of Elgin will conduct
students of the violin and cello. The program will show
the skills of the students as they perform the musical
selections for this
performance.
Dino-Error-Spot-A-Ramus -- A
Jurassic Park Viewing (Film Rating PG13 Audience) -
Meeting Rooms A and B.
Spot
the mistakes made by the moviemakers when you watch this
movie with our host Lonny Stark. A fun time for Jurassic
Park movie fans!
Science Fiction Writing (Grade
6 - Adult)- Conference Room. Registration Required.
Limited Seating.
Unleash your creativity and gain valuable tips as you
join writer Tom Gardner to write tales of adventure in
the science fiction realm. Bring your own notebook with
any ideas for interesting settings and fascinating
characters.
Dino Mite Piano! - Meeting
Rooms
Dr.
Kimm Hollis, Professor of Piano and Chair of the Music
Department at Hanover College (IN), presents a piano
recital dedicated to dinosaurs! Joining him for
musical duets will be Carole Medal, Director of the Gail
Borden Public Library.
Focus on Fossils presented by the Elgin Public Museum
(Grades 2-6) - Meeting
Rooms A and B. Registration Required.
Fossils hold the answers to dinosaurs, ancient plants
and sea creatures. Examine a variety of fossils,
including trilobites, teeth, bone, footprints and
coprolites. Through an interactive story, they
will learn how fossils are made, how climate and geology
have changed through time and what rock types commonly
contain fossils. To register, please call the
Youth Help Desk at (847) 429-4685.
Ferns and The Natural Garden with
Pat Armstrong
(Grades 9-Adult)
- Meeting Rooms A and B.
Join
Pat Armstrong, a Member of “Wild Ones”, a
not-for-profit national educational organization using
native plant species who will talk about ferns and other
plants which provide natural landscaping.
Working a Dig with Joe Peterson
(Family Program) - Meeting Room C
Joe
Peterson will host the showing our tour clip of Giants
Found. He will share his experiences of working on
digs, show us his collection of bone casts and
demonstrate through his drawings - the different dinos
and their sizes.
Halloween Weekend Movie
Enjoy popcorn and a popular dinosaur favorite movie
about a long neck dinosaur in the Land Before Time. Come
in costume!
Halloween Trick or Treat the
Dinosaurs
Visit the library in costume for a special treat at
three of the dinosaurs – Jobaria, Afrovenator and
Deltadromeus. Discover special facts about your favorite
dinosaurs. Show off your costume to get a treat.
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