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Saturday, March 28, 2009 Co-sponsored by NMS and Bald Eagle Chapter of Gold Prospectors Association of America Junior Museum of Central Pennsylvania Penn State Earth & Mineral Sciences Museum Earth & Engineering Sciences Building at Penn State (White Course Dr., west of Atherton St.) Directions & maps at the bottom of this page Starting times every half-hour 9 a.m to 1:30 p.m. We can accept some WALK-INS, $6.00 per student particularly if you arrive before 10:00 a.m. or after 11:30 a.m. |
| Our annual Minerals Junior Education Day is fun and rewarding for students in grades 1-8 and their parents. They will learn about minerals, crystals, metals, and fossils. At this event, kids get an empty egg carton when they check in, then go to a series of stations, each concerning a different aspect of mineral properties, rocks or fossils. They learn about the topic from a fun demonstration, activity or discussion, and receive a properly labeled specimen related to the topic, so they gather a whole collection in their egg carton. Allow at least an hour and a half in total. | |
| Current plans for eight stations include:
Tell your friends and relatives and their kids! |
 A crystal structure station at the 2008 event. Photo by R. Altamura. |
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Please REGISTER in advance (through Wed. March 25): Call Dave at (814) 237-1094 between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. (Calls to Bob at 814-234-5011, from 9 to 5, are also still accepted - please leave a message) You will be asked to choose your starting time slot at the event (each half-hour from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on March 28). He will ask for names and addresses of the students so that checking in on-site will go quickly (we will also enter them in our door prize drawing and send them an announcement next year). Registration is limited so that we may provide a collection of specimens for each student. Parents come along for free, but don't get the specimens. If there are spots open after March 25 or you come to the event without advance registration, the price will be $6. If you have not sent a check in yet, you may pay at the door. If you are sending a check: send $4.00 per student (check payable to "Nittany Mineral. Soc." or simply NMS) to: Nittany Mineral. Soc. 2231 W. Whitehall Rd. State College PA 16801 ALSO SEE our Junior Rockhounds program of monthly meetings for kids, and our Nittany Gem and Mineral Show, June 27-28, 2009, in State College, which will have sections for kids. Volunteers Needed: A few hours of your volunteered time are needed on Saturday, March 28, [not 22nd as in the printed Bulletin] to ensure that this year's program is a success for interested and enthusiastic youngsters. You can help with activity stations, rock and mineral sales, admissions, clean-up, and more. See Dave Glick at the March 18th meeting, or call (814) 237-1094 or e-mail xidg@verizon.net DRIVING DIRECTIONS and PARKING for Earth & Engineering Sciences Building: On weekends, free parking is available at the building. The location is off North Atherton Street (Business Rt 322) between downtown/ College Avenue (Arby's) and Park Avenue (Nittany Lion Inn). Just uphill from the IT "Bridge Building" over North Atherton Street, turn west (toward the golf course, away from the main campus) at the traffic signal marked "White Course Drive." Go past the parking attendant's booth, follow the curve to the left, then turn RIGHT into the parking lots. The building entrance is a little beyond the center of the lot. For campus maps see http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/ .
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