I Dig Science

Dig For Virtual Fossils at The Field Museum!

This summer join the I Dig Tanzania team and use virtual worlds to partner with a scientific expedition to Africa.

• Excavate virtual fossils and create a virtual museum exhibit.
• Get special behind-the-scenes access to fossil specimens.
• Collaborate in real time with international scientists in Tanzania & teens across the country.
• Understand the connections between climate change and extinctions.
• Use the latest in digital media.

When:  Weekdays, June 25 - July 13, 2012 - 11am - 3pm                

Where:  The Field Museum    

Cost:  Free! Lunch and public transportation or parking are provided.

Want to join?  Click here to apply!

Applications are due on May 11, 2012.  Space is limited to 10 students - early application is strongly encouraged!

Questions?  Send an email to idigscience@fieldmuseum.org

Click here to download a printable 2012 I Dig Tanzania flyer.

For more information and to see short clips about the program, visit our YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/idigscience.                       

Video: I Dig Zambia 2010

Through this program, high school teens from disparate locations use 3D virtual world technologies to collaborate in real time with each other and a multi-national team of scientists performing fieldwork. Leveraging the latest in digital media, teens learn about the connections between climate change and extinction by participating in virtual fossil digs and applying their newly-gained knowledge by building virtual museum exhibitions.

Past iterations of this program have followed fieldwork taking place in Tanzania, Zambia, and Brazil and have featured the research of Dr. Kenneth Angielczyk, a curator in the Geology Department here at The Field Museum. For more information about Dr. Angielczyk's research, visit his blog here.

This program is implemented in partnership with The Field Museum's Geology Department, the Biodiversity Synthesis Center, and Global Kids.