Logo of Dino Tracks to Fossil Facts

Take a field trip to The Schiele! A similar presentation is available as an interactive program during your group’s museum visit.

Dino Tracks to Fossil Facts

Outreach Program

Meets curriculum for grades 2, 3, 7. Program can be adapted to meet the learning level of participants.
Calling all budding paleontologists!
Students will learn about dinosaurs and explore how fossils are made and discovered. They will have the opportunity to excavate skull pieces and identify the type of dinosaur that has been uncovered.
ALL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO MEET CDC, LOCAL, AND STATE HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
A girl digging in a tray of tiny rocks trying to find fossils
a sharp tooth fossil
This outreach program meets these curriculum standards:
SC Earth Science 3.E.2, 4.E.2, 5.E.2, 6.E.1, 7.E.1, 8.E.1, HS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS2-6, HS-LS4-1; Scientific Inquiry 3.SI.1, 4.SI.1, 6-8.SI.1, 6-8.SI.2, HS-ETS1-2, HS-ETS1-3
NC Earth Science 3.E.2, 4.E.2, 5.E.S, 6.E.1, 7.E.1, 8.E.1, HS-ESS1-4, HS-ESS2-6; Life Science HS-LS4-1; Scientific Inquiry 3-5.SI.1, 3-5.SI.2, 6-8.SI.1, 6-8.SI.2, HS-ETs1-2, HS-ETS1-3

The Schiele Museum’s educational programs address critical standards for public education. For specific curriculum standards met by our programs or questions or questions about your group visit, please contact our Group Scheduling Coordinator at stephanie.austin@gastonianc.gov