Learn about the Wyoming Dinosaur Center, located in Thermopolis, Wyoming. The Center provides a unique opportunity by allowing the public to dig for dinosaur bones right along with the paleontologists and staff. The Center’s focus on keeping important Wyoming discoveries in Wyoming and this unique public access to active dinosaur sites makes it a gem of which the state can be truly proud.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Students will watch a Wyoming PBS video about the Wyoming Dinosaur Center.
• Students will understand the wide variety of fossils that can be found in Wyoming.
• Students will understand how fossils are formed, and what clues they can give us about life in prehistoric times.