Mother Neff State Park in central Texas

#BackToTheFutureDay - Here’s a look at scenic Monument Valley as it appeared in Back to the Future Part 3

#InternationalChefsDay - Head to the Geology Kitchen to learn how candy making can teach you about Yellowstone National Park

#NationalKentuckyDay - Fluorite from the Columbia Mine in Marion, KY

#NationalMashedPotatoesDay - Grab an extra helping of sculpting potatoes and follow along as Devin breaks down some of the science behind the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind: youtu.be/hrjomjxalD0

#InternationalSlothDay - Giant ground sloth. Megalonyx, finger and claw

#GlobalCatDay - Smilodon fatalis, a.k.a. the Saber-toothed Cat

For #NationalFossilDay, here’s a quick Look back at our tour of the Morian Hall of Paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.  See the full video here: youtu.be/rIcY1meUzNc

#NationalDessertDay - Have a slice of Turner Falls Ice Cream Cake and find out about what makes this waterfall unique!  Watch the full video here: youtu.be/oFldQDe920s

When’s the last time you thought about sediment sizes?

#FossilFriday - Algal mat “fossil,” aka stromatolite, along going-to-the-sun road, Glacier National Park, Montana.

Why go to outer space when you can visit inner space?

Using pizza dough in the Geology Kitchen to explain Convergent Plate Boundaries: youtube.com/watch?v=RVgO3D0E…

#CinnamonBunDay - The next time you have a cinnamon roll for breakfast, notice its layers and how they are similar to the banding of an agate

Checking out an outcrop in northwestern Arkansas

#FossilFriday - "Lane" the triceratops, as well as some of Lane's preserved skin impressions, on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science

#NationalFirePupDay - This little guy poses with a picture of the 1915 Fire Dept right next to an awesome antique fire truck, and a pile of nails that got so hot they melted into each other.  We saw it all on our visit to the Greater Southwest Historical Museum in Ardmore, OK.

Checking out Petroglyphs at Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site in northern Wyoming

Evidence of ancient volcanic activity near Albuquerque

#NorthCarolinaDay - here's a look at a megalodon tooth, the official state fossil of North Carolina