If you are a Scout interested in rocks, fossils, or mining, then we welcome you to come earn your Geology Merit Badge through this new one-day workshop offered by UND School of Geology and Geological Engineering! Through participating in hands-on activities examining rocks and real fossils from North Dakota and beyond, and through discussions with professional geologists and paleontologists, Scouts will learn about: the dinosaurs, ice-age mammals, and other extinct lifeforms that once called North Dakota home; how oil reservoirs form and how geologists find them to provide energy for the nation; and how natural processes such as plate tectonics, fossilization, and extinction operate both today and in the past. Scouts will also tour the Harold Hamm Geology and Geological Engineering Museum in Leonard Hall and the new fossil preparation lab in the North Dakota Geological Survey Core Library, where a duckbilled dinosaur skeleton is currently being cleaned and stabilized for research. Sign up today!
