ABOUT THIS EVENT

Event Category

Education

Event Overview

Raise your hand if you know that the city of Chicago is surrounded by fossils ... not just in the ground, but up in the buildings .



This interactive walking tour will take Dabblers on a journey through our city in a way they've never seen it before. Walk through the Loop and be prepared to be awestruck-- not by how much the clothes in the window cost, for a change-- but by how many historical, ancient, and magnificent fossils you can find embedded in the sides of the very same buildings you shuffle past everyday.



This class, which is one part history lesson, one part geology crash course and one part paleontological treasure hunt, will give you a thorough rundown on the building of the city of Chicago, and along the way will point out all the best fossils the city has to offer. And *everyone* gets a real Midwestern fossil to take home.

Oh, and of course, water Pokémons aplenty, along the part of our tour that traces the river: Psyducks, Slowbros, and more :)

So change your perspective, slow down for a few hours, and take the time to get to know your prehistoric legacy. We promise it'll forever enrich your experience of this city we already know and love.



* DNAinfo's thinkpiece: http://tinyurl.com/dnainfofossils



* "The Man in the Dinosaur Hat": a 1001 Chicago Afternoons blogpost: http://1001chicago.com/484

What to Bring

Any fossil you'd like identified

What's Provided

Yes, a handout and a hand lens to use on the tour

What You Can Expect From This Experience