EDUCATIONAL TALKS & SPEAKERS

Philadelphia Mineral Treasures And Fossil Fair

Saturday 10:30 - Dr. Ted Daeschler, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at The Academy of Natural Sciences will speak on The Nunavut Paleontology Expeditions: Late Devonian Fossils from the Canadian Arctic. For more information on Dr. Daeschler’s research, you can go on the web to http://clade.ansp.org/vert_zoology/people/daeschler/ .

Saturday 12:00 - Fossil enthusiast Steve Stelz will talk about Triassic Vertebrate Fossils: Expedition to Guizhou, China.

Saturday 1:30 - Dr. Lauck Ward, Curator Emeritus of the Virginia Museum of Natural History will speak about The Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Atlantic Coastal Plain.

Saturday 3:00 and Sunday 12:00 - Author Nancy Viau, writer of children’s books, will talk about and do a book signing for her book, Samantha Hansen has Rocks in Her Head.

Sunday 1:30 – Dr. Ken Lacovara, Associate Professor of Biology, Director Paleontology and Geology Program of Drexel University will speak on Giants from the End of the World: New dinosaur discoveries from the Cretaceous of Patagonia.