-There are a lot of pretenders doing educational programs about dinosaurs, but if you're looking for the real deal then look no further.

PaleoAdventures is led by Walter Stein, a professional commercial paleontologist with over 10 years of practical experience in the field. Walter is a graduate of Appalachian State University (BS Geology,1994) is the former President of the Big Horn Basin Foundation, a staff paleotechnician for the Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Field Collections Manager for Triebold Paleontology Inc., and Curator for the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center ( http//www.rmdrc.com ). Walter has personally excavated, prepared or discovered over 25 different dinosaur skeletons as well as dozens of other fossil invertebrates and vertebrates. Walter has been designing educational programs, activities and exhibits for museums for many years. One of Walters greatest discoveries to date is Sir William, a juvenile Tyrannosaur skeleton with lots of interesting pathologies. Walter is also the author of So You Want To Dig Dinosaurs- A Field Manual on the Practice, Principles, and Politics of Vertebrate Paleontology . Walter is a wonderful, fun teacher and an excellent guide. If you want the real thing and not an actor in a suit, PaleoAdventures is the company to contact.

Description of programs:

PaleoAdventures offers in-classroom activites, programs, and lectures for all ages and skill levels. Many activities are best suited to K-6 students but more advanced programs are available for 6-12, colleges, clubs, professional associations and even corporations. Boyscout, Girlscout, and summer camp programs have also been done with much sucess. Groups can select individual programs or mix and match different activities/lectures for their own custom made educational experience. Most programs are 1 hour in length and consist of two parts; a lecture and a hands-on activity. As part of each program, students will get the opportunity to see and touch many original and cast dinosaur fossils. For maximum educational value, groups of 30 or less is prefered.

Some of our programs include:

• 1. What Makes a Dinosaur a Dinosaur?
• 2. What is a Fossil and Can I Make One?
• 3. How Old are Those Bones?
• 4. The Joy of Discovery- Exploring for Dinosaurs in the Rocky Mountain West!
• 5. Dinosaur Tracks and Trackmakers!
• 6. Controversies in Paleontology!
• 7. Dinosaurs in Myth and Legend!
• 8. Hollywood Dinosaurs!
• 9. Who Ate Who? The Food Chain in the Fossil Record
• 10. Evolution and the Terrible Lizards
• 11. Cretaceous CSI- Dinosaur Pathologies
• 12. The Great Bone Wars- The History of Paleontology.
• 13. So You Want to Dig Dinosaurs- How to become a Paleontologist
• 14. The Magnificent T. rex
• 15. Oh Those Naughty Raptors!
• 16. How Fast Was a Dinosaur
• 17. Biggest, Fastest, Longest, Tallest!- Dinosaur Weights and Sizes
• 18. Dinosaurian Parental Values- How we Judge Behavior in Extinct Animals
• 19. A Dinosaur of a Differnt Color- Dinosaur Skin and Coloration
• 20. Extinction Happens! The Demise of the Dinosaurs