Spinosauraus Encounter & Dinosaur Program

The Carnigie Museum of National History in Pittsburg will bring a life-size Spinosaurus to the Library, along with table top dinosaur activities. The beginning of the program will feature an introduction to "Spiny" and a little bit about what his life was like during the Vretaceous Period and then a chamce for pictures with Spiny.

There will also be 2 or 3 tabletop dinosaur activities for patrons to try:
"Tooth or Claw...or, Something Else" --selection of replica teeth, claws and other fossilized dinosaur parts to examine --try to guess whether the part is a tooth, claw, or something else. This table will also have dinosaur coprolities (i.e. dinosaur poo.)

How do you "stack up"? --Participants compare how their size matches up with a Diplodocus, using the femur bone of the dinosaur.
Fossil Match --Match the "original object" (leaves, shell, animal parts, etc.) with the fossil ot created.

Kids will have also oppourtunities to make a craft.