This week I am starting in Paleonotlogy. I am working with Nikki, the lead scientist in the department. Today, she showed me their collection and explained to me how the bigger items of their collection are in Chula Vista. She then showed me the Allison collection, a collection that was created by Professor Allison in Baja California during the 1960's. This is what I worked with for the rest of he day. I began cleaning the fossils and putting some of them back together using Elmer's glue, of all things. It was fun doing this but also amazing considering the fact that the fossils are 1.5 to 3 million years old.
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Ethan Stern-EllisI am a Junior at High Tech High International. This is a blog about my experience with my internship at the San Diego Natural History Museum. ArchivesCategories |