@DigFieldSchool

Nonprofit K–12 education and outreach program operated by University of Washington and Burke Museum paleontologists.

 Seattle, WA
burkemuseum.org/education/educators-and-schools/dig-field-school
Joined May 2013
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Zeke Darwin
@Zeke_Darwin7 Mar 2023
Probably my favorite email I’ve ever sent a student. Shoutout to @DigFieldSchool for providing the opportunity to bring discovery into the classroom. …and @lukenweaver & @thereal_dlarson for the quick confirmations! #fossil #paleontology #teachers
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India Field Update! In Nagpur enjoying Holi festival, having just finished 2nd leg of our season near Jabalpur, MP. The first Indian dinosaurs ever reported (1828) are from the MP site Bara Simla. The site remains important, but we were in MP to visit a site we found in 2019.🧵
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Zoe Kulik, PhD@PaleoZoek24 Jul 2022
A team of @DigFieldSchool teachers, @HZMFulghum @TheLiekeze picked up where @KelsieAbrams3 and the rest of the Burke crew left off to winter jacket the Flyby Trike(s) and get it ready for the excavator.
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Big congrats to ⁦@WaigePilson⁩ for defending her diss! Her KPg floras work is a major lift to understanding of this critical event. Proud of you & happy you’ll be our new ⁦@burkemuseum⁩ paleobot colln mgr! ⁦@caestromberg⁩ ⁦@StrombergLab⁩ ⁦@UW_ESS⁩
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Got my first DIG Box! Transformed Rm. 706 into a natural history museum! Can’t wait till the std’s get here @DigFieldSchool @camatotois @burkemuseum @gpwilson11 #museum #middleschool #fossils
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University of Washington@UW1 Dec 2021
UW paleontologists and students have unearthed significant dinosaur fossils — including a possible new species — in the Montana badlands. "This is dino country," says Greg Wilson Mantilla, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the @burkemuseum. #ThisIsUW washington.edu/boundless/bur…
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hey @DigFieldSchool teachers and other STEM educators, check out this great resource!
Neil Shubin@NeilShubin12 Nov 2021
Teaching evolution, anatomy, or embryology? Check out this collection of short (2-5minute) educational videos (with wonderful graphics) we did from INNER FISH on topics ranging from bipedalism to tooth development. illinois.pbslearningmedia.or…
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Huge congrats @lukenweaver on the Romer Prize!! So well deserved. We're all very proud of all that you've accomplished and all that's coming. @UWBiology @burkemuseum @UWPaleo @Wilson_KPg_Lab @DigFieldSchool
SVP@SVP_vertpaleo9 Nov 2021
SVP is pleased to announce the winners of our student presentation prizes: the Romer Prize goes to Lucas Weaver, and the Colbert Poster Prize to Noe-Heon Kim, and an honorable mention to Emily Carlisle for the Colbert. Thanks to our hardworking judges and students!
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Huge thank you to Jordan Claytor for sharing his insights on visibility in natural history! Jordan is a doctoral candidate who researches the evolution and ecology of early mammals using the Burke's paleontology collections. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackInSTEM
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Nice work @WaigePilson. Awesome to see all the hard work come together! @burkemuseum @DigFieldSchool @Wilson_KPg_Lab @UW_ESS and thanks to all those leaf whackers that helped build the collection.
Paige Wilson@WaigePilson21 Jan 2021
Excited to share the first paper out from my PhD work! Seafood Salad, a scrappy collection of leaf #fossils documenting diverse latest #Cretaceous forests in Montana. Keep an eye out for future sequels: when the K/Pg mass extinction strikes! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Early Mammals Had Social Lives, Too - Scientific American perfect quick listen. Hear ⁦@lukenweaver⁩ sum up some egg mountain mammal research in 60 seconds. ⁦@UWBiology⁩ ⁦@burkemuseum⁩ ⁦@DigFieldSchool⁩ scientificamerican.com/podca…

Early Mammals Had Social Lives, Too

Chipmunklike animals that lived among the dinosaurs appear to have been social creatures, which suggests that sociality arose in mammals earlier than scientists thought. Christopher Intagliata...

scientificamerican.com
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UW Biology@UWBiology2 Nov 2020
A new study led by @UWBiology & @burkemuseum paleontologists has found the earliest evidence for mammal social behavior! The paper published today in @NatureEcoEvo, was led by our very own @lukenweaver and @gpwilson. Congrats Luke & Greg! More in @UWNews: bit.ly/380I6rH
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Luke Weaver@lukenweaver14 Oct 2020
If you're interested in #Paleocene #rocks, #MammalRecovery post- #KPg #MassExtinction, or anything else that's not a real hashtag, drop by my #SVP2020 #2020SVP poster w/ @TheOxyprimest @gpwilson11 Tom Tobin & Bill Clemens #Garbani 3440078.svpvirtual.org
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Luke Weaver@lukenweaver12 Oct 2020
Interested in #eutherian #mammal #evolution after the #KPg mass extinction? Watch Brody Hovatter's #2020SVP talk on the #LatitudinalDiversityGradient in North America! Does morphological disparity track changes in taxonomic diversity? 3440015.svpvirtual.org
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Hi! I’m a HS science teacher in WA. I teach classes such as earth science, environmental science, physics, chemistry, & biology. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed serving as the lead organizer of #BlackInSTEMEdWeek & working w/an amazing team. Celebrate with us! #BlackInSTEMEdHomeRoom
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Luke Weaver@lukenweaver21 Sep 2020
New paper out for #MammalMonday! #Gliding has evolved independently in #mammals tons of times, but their skeletons show only a little bit of morphological convergence. Why is that? Tune in to find out! dx.doi.org/10.1111/evo.14094
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We didn't get to host 35 great K-12 STEM teachers for the @DigFieldSchool this summer, but we've still been keeping busy. Check out the latest! @burkemuseum @UWBiology #FossilFriday DIG Field School News | September 2020 t.e2ma.net/share/inbound/t/1…
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Congrats Sterling and looking forward to working with you and your team to add a new @DigFieldSchool @burkemuseum location for K12 teachers to go to.
Virginia Tech Science@VT_Science25 Aug 2020
Using an @NSF CAREER grant, Sterling Nesbitt of @VTechmeetsPaleo & @vtgeosciences and a team of researchers are seeking how extinction events -- and time itself -- drive evolution in vertebrate communities. 🦖🦎vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/…
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As a part of the @NSF CAREER grant, the team will also conduct an extension of @DigFieldSchool, a K-12 education program created by @UW, which will bring teachers out to @PetrifiedNPS to bring more paleontology-related activities into the classroom. 🏫🦕
Virginia Tech Science@VT_Science25 Aug 2020
Using an @NSF CAREER grant, Sterling Nesbitt of @VTechmeetsPaleo & @vtgeosciences and a team of researchers are seeking how extinction events -- and time itself -- drive evolution in vertebrate communities. 🦖🦎vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2020/…
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The Burke Museum stands in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter and other organizations fighting state sanctioned genocide of Black people in the United States and globally. #BlackLivesMatter #MuseumsAreNotNeutral #ICantBreathe #400yearsandcounting
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