| Good questions outrank easy answers. |
| Paul A. Samuelson |
Approximate Schedule
2008
In addition to scheduled activities will be occasional classroom exercises in preparing and labeling specimens, etc.
Weekend schedules will be as announced.
All times approximate and are Texas time, CDT.
Chores are described in order for the A, B, C, and D groups performing Meals, Off,
Cleaning, and Worships, respectively.
The approximate sunrise time at the site is 6:20am CDT
The approximate sunset time at the site is 9:40pm CDT
All dates and times must be considered approximate. The weather and other
conditions are not totally predictable and flexibility is a prime
requirement!
Unless otherwise noted, breakfast and dinner will be a hot meal at the camp facility and lunch will be a sack lunch prepared by the individual in the morning.
| Chapter reading assignments are designated: | FB | for The Complete Dinosaur by Farlow and Brett-Surman |
| FW | for The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs by Fastovsky and Weishampel |
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| date | time | | activity | chores | reading | instructor |
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| May 28, Wed | 6:00p | Bring gear to Scales Hall for packing, and help load |
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| May 29, Thu | 6:00a | Finish packing vehicles and leave for Wyoming |
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| May 30, Fri | ≈8:00a | Arrive at Project Site |
| | | Set up camp |
| | 12:00n | Lunch |
| | | Tour of facilities | Staff |
| | 6:00p | Dinner |
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| May 31, Sat | 9:00a | Breakfast | | Staff |
| | 10:00a | Worship Service | Staff |
| | 1:00p | Lunch | in Camp | Staff |
| | 2:00p | Optional walking tour of the area | Staff |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | | Staff |
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| Jun 1, Sun | 7:00a | Breakfast | | A-B-C-D |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 9:00a | Quarry opening activities |
| | 1:00p | Lunch |
| | 3:00p | Quarry opening |
| | 7:00p | Dinner | |
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| Jun 2, Mon | 7:00a | Breakfast | | D-A-B-C |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lecture 0: | Field Techniques and Preparation | | Turner |
| | 9:30a | Lab: | Eye training
Introduction to quarrying techniques | Chadwick |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Tool check-out | Chadwick |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 1: | History of the Project | | Turner |
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| Jun 3, Tue | 7:00a | Breakfast | | C-D-A-B |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 2: | Dinosauria: Bones & Bone Hunters | FB ch 1-5, FW ch 5 | Chadwick |
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| Jun 4, Wed | 7:00a | Breakfast | | B-C-D-A |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 3: | Origin of the Dinosauria | FB ch 8, FW ch 5 | Spencer |
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| Jun 5, Thu | 7:00a | Breakfast | | A-B-C-D |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 4: | The Vertebrates | FB ch _, FW ch _ | Spencer |
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| Jun 6, Fri | 7:00a | Breakfast | | D-A-B-C |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 3:00p | Travel to Newcastle for laundry and groceries |
| | 7:00p | Dinner | Newcastle |
| | 9:30p | Sundown Worship |
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| Jun 7, Sat | 9:00a | Breakfast | | Staff |
| | 10:00a | Worship Service | Staff |
| | 1:00p | Lunch | in Camp | Staff |
| | 2:00p | Optional activities |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | | Staff |
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| Jun 8, Sun | 7:00a | Breakfast | | B-C-D-A |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Optional: Crazy Horse Volksmarch |
| | 1:00p | Lunch | Picnic |
| | 3:00p | Optional: Black Hills Institute Museum (Hill City) |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
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| Jun 9, Mon | 7:00a | Breakfast | | A-B-C-D |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 5: | Biome Succession | FB ch _, FW ch _ | Spencer |
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| Jun 10, Tue | 7:00a | Breakfast | | D-A-B-C |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 6: | The Geological Column & Biome Succession | FB ch _, FW ch _ | Spencer |
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| Jun 11, Wed | 7:00a | Breakfast | | C-D-A-B |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 7: | Stegosauria, Ankylosauria & Pachycephosauria | FB ch 17-20, FW ch 6-8 | Chadwick |
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| Jun 12, Thu | 7:00a | Breakfast | | B-C-D-A |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 8: | Ceratopsia & Ornithopods | FB ch 21-24, FW ch 9-10 | Chadwick |
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| Jun 13, Fri | 7:00a | Breakfast | | A-B-C-D |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Mammoth Hot Springs trip |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | sack lunch |
| | 7:00p | Dinner | Newcastle |
| | 9:30p | Sundown Worship |
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| Jun 14, Sat | 9:00a | Breakfast | | Staff |
| | 10:00a | Worship Service | Staff |
| | 1:00p | Lunch | in Camp | Staff |
| | 2:00p | Optional activities |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | | Staff |
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| Jun 15, Sun | 7:00a | Breakfast | | C-D-A-B |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 1:00p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 9: | Sauropodomorpha | FB ch 19-20, FW ch 11 | Chadwick |
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| Jun 16, Mon | 7:00a | Breakfast | | B-C-D-A |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 10: | Theropods | FB ch 17, FW ch 12 | Chadwick |
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| Jun 17, Tue | 7:00a | Breakfast | | A-B-C-D |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 11: | Birds | FB ch _, FW ch 13 | Spencer |
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| Jun 18, Wed | 7:00a | Breakfast | | D-A-B-C |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 12: | Patterns in the Dinosaur fossil record | FB ch 8, FW ch 16 | Chadwick |
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| Jun 19, Thu | 7:00a | Breakfast | | C-D-A-B |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 13: | Paleocurrents & Earth models | | Chadwick |
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| Jun 20, Fri | 7:00a | Breakfast | | B-C-D-A |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 3:00p | Travel to Newcastle for laundry and groceries |
| | 7:00p | Dinner | Newcastle |
| | 9:30p | Sundown Worship |
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| Jun 21, Sat | 9:00a | Breakfast | | Staff |
| | 10:00a | Worship Service | Staff |
| | 1:00p | Lunch | in Camp | Staff |
| | 2:00p | Optional activities |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | | Staff |
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| Jun 22, Sun | 7:00a | Breakfast | | D-A-B-C |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Expereince |
| | | HRS Board Meeting |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Lecture 14: | Where did all the Dinosaurs go? | FB ch 8, FW ch _ | Turner |
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| Jun 23, Mon | 7:00a | Breakfast | | C-D-A-B |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Study Time |
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| Jun 24, Tue | 7:00a | Breakfast | | B-C-D-A |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Quarry Experience—work to finish exposed bones |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Study Time |
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| Jun 25, Wed | 7:00a | Breakfast | | A-B-C-D |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 8:30a | Lab: | Quarry Experience—close down quarries |
| | 12:00n | Lunch | |
| | 12:30p | Lab: | Study Time |
| | 6:00p | Dinner | |
| | 7:30p | Final Exam |
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| Jun 26, Thu | 7:00a | Breakfast | | all groups |
| | 8:00a | Worship and preparation for day's activities |
| | 9:30a | Close down and clean up camp |
| | 11:30a | Lunch | in Camp |
| | 12:00n | Leave for Keene! |
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| Jun 27, Fri | ≈5:00p | Arrive home |
latest revision: 27 May 08
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