October 14- National Fossil Day

Today is the 11th #NationalFossilDay, thrown by the National Park Service.

HOW TO CELEBRATE -

• Become a Junior Paleontologist by downloading the National Park Service's printable activity book:
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fossils/junior-paleontologist.htm

• Start Digging! There are a ton of excavation mystery fossil/toy sets out there to help your budding paleontologist get their little hands dirty.

• Visit a National Park or museum to learn more about when "Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth!"

• Watch a dinosaur movie or TV show! Need a suggestion of what to watch? Steve Brusatte, a paleontologist and author, gave a list of his top 10 dinosaur movies to Entertainment Weekly:
1 - Jurassic Park
2 - Jurassic World
3 - Walking with Dinosaurs
4 - The Land Before Time
5 - King Kong
6 - Fantasia
7 - Disney's Dinosaur
8 - Pixar's The Good Dinosaur
9 - One Million Years B.C.
10 - Jurassic Park III

What's your favorite dinosaur movie???

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