Picture of the Month - June 2007


The view in front of the RMDRC has changed!

See our new life size Styracosaurus and Daspletosaurus life restorations guarding the entrance to the museum.

New Styracosaurus life restoration


New Daspletosaurus life restoration

Teacher Resources

School Tour

With over 30 specimens and a number of hands on exhibits, your class will be given the latest dinosaur information from the people who find them! To schedule a School Tour, please call 719-686-1820 x104. School Tour must be scheduled at least 1 week in advance.
 

School Tours Pricing

Students Over 5yrs Old:         $5.00 each
Students Under 5yrs Old:        $3.50 
Additional Adults:    $8.00 each
Chaperones:  1 free adult per 10 students and transportation drivers are free.

Guided tour lasts approximately 1 hour and includes:

- Explore our fabulous dinosaur exhibits,
- Understand what a Paleontologist does,
- Discover how fossils are formed and preserved,
- Identify what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur,
- Learn where fossils are found,
- See what lived in the oceans 65 million years ago.
- And see fossils prepared in our lab!
- Teachers can download a pre-tour packet that includes dinosaur and museum background information, pre-tour teacher activity guides with student activities for all ages
- All students and teachers are welcome to shop in the Prehistoric Paradise Gift Store following the tour. The gift store has many items starting at 50 cents and up.

Pre Tour Downloads
     RMDRC Pre-Tour Information
     Dino Name Tags

Activity Guides

We have put together some really fun and, of course, educational, dinosaur related activities to use is your classroom. Feel free to use these and give us your feedback to info@rmdrc.com

K-3 Activities
     The Extinction Game
     Rocks and minerals
     Fossil Molds and Casts
     Mineral Properties
     Name That Dinosaur
     What is a Dinosaur
     What Time Is It
Grades 4-8
     Making a Fossil
     Vocabulary Word Search
Grades 9-12
     Tracking the Dinosaurs


Student Resources

Learning about geology or fossils? We have a few resources here. Be sure to check the below links to help you find the information you need.

Geologic Time Scale
Vocabulary Word Search

Paleo Links

Triebold Paleontology, Inc.
Location: Woodland Park, CO
Phone: 719-686-1820 x112
Email: tracie@trieboldpaleontology.com
Operating out of the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center (RMDRC) in Woodland Park, Colorado, Triebold Paleontology, Inc. provides cast skeletons for sale or to rent, and have three traveling exhibitions available for booking.
Whether your institution is looking for a previously undescribed species or if you are a collector interested in adding a superior specimen, we can assist you. If you need it excavated, documented, prepared, restored, reconstructed, molded, cast, mounted or marketed, contact us!

Bosco's Rockpile
A place to share dinosaur, geology and paleontology sites, photos, information and links.

Dino Data
One of the best dinosaur websites on the Internet.

Dinosaur Digs/Tours Paleo Adventures
Location: Belle Fourche, SD
Phone:605-892-2634
Email: stein151@earthlink.net
Join Bill Stein, RMDRC's former curator, at The Raptor's Nest Inn for a dinosaur dig!

DIno Directory
New site for finding dinosaur information quickly and easily

Dinosaur Planet
Way cool dinosaur site by the Discovery Channel.