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Title:

The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology

Url:

https://www.alfmuseum.org/

Publisher:

Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology

Description: Located on the campus of The Webb Schools, the Raymond M. Alf Museum is the only paleontology museum in the nation located on a high school campus. The museum’s mission is to serve Southern California as an educational resource, to act as a center of paleontological research for the international scientific community, and to provide a unique curricular ingredient for The Webb Schools. Home to the world's largest collection of fossilized footprints, spanning every geological era, and including several mounted dinosaur skeletons, the fossil collections consist of 44,000 vertebrate, 14,000 invertebrate, 2,000 plant, and 700 trackway and footprint specimens. In addition, the museum maintains non-fossil collections including rocks, minerals and archaeological artifacts. The facility also houses a fossil preparation workshop. The Museum hosts an annual Fossil Fest, celebrating the excitement of paleontology through hands-on learning for visitors of all ages, as well as an after school enrichment program called Become a Junior Paleontologist. Adult classes are available, as are Classroom Connections traveling presentations.

LC Classification:

Science -- Geology -- Paleontology -- Study and teaching
Science -- Geology -- Paleozoology -- Chordata -- Vertebrates -- Reptiles -- Dinosaurs
Science -- Natural history. Biology -- Natural history (General) -- Study and teaching. Research. Nature study

GEM Subject:

Science -- Earth science
Science -- Instructional issues
Science -- Natural history
Science -- Paleontology

Key Concept:

Geology -- Paleozoic

Resource Type:

Event
Collection
Reference Material
Dataset -- List/Table
Audio/Visual -- Graph
Instructional Material
Assessment Material -- Answer Key
Reference Material -- Bibliography
Instructional Material -- Problem Set
Instructional Material -- Lesson/Lesson Plan
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual

Format:

Document -- PDF
Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Middle School
Higher Education
Elementary School
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Rights:

Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology

Access Rights:

Free access

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