#realfossilhunter
dinosaurs! fish jaws! 3D printing! Crazy robot teeth death machines (sort of)! In part 5 of our #realfossilhunter tour, Fossil Hunter Lottie meets Professor of Palaeontology Emily Rayfield:
http://trowelblazers.com/realfossilhunter-uk-tour-part-5-bristol/ … #epic
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#RealFossilHunter Tour – Part 4: Fossil Hunter Lottie meets Cambrian critter expert Dr Allison Daley
The incredible evolutionary explosion of weird and wonderful animals 500 million years ago has a special, trowelblazer-tastic history — have you heard of Helen, Helena and Mary Vaux Walcott, the Burgess Shale trowelblazers? If not, read this post! And that trowelblazing tradition continues to this day — which is why Fossil Hunter Lottie was just a tad excited to make her way to the University of Oxford and sound the day with Dr Allison Daley and learn all about her Cambrian Critters…
Read all about their day on TrowelBlazers: http://trowelblazers.com/realfossilhunter-tour-part-4-lottie-in-oxford/
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It was almost a disaster. For 5 whole days Fossil Hunter Lottie appeared to be lost in the post. But a spot of sleuthing and a few phone calls later, and PHEW! She turned up safe and sound in the University of Leeds post room, ready for her next adventure on the Real Fossil Hunter UK tour… spending the day at work with micropalaeontologist Dr Tracy Aze!
Read about Tracy’s (& Fossil Hunter Lottie’s) day in our latest #realfossilhunter post here – it also has the #girlswithtoys hashtag totally covered…
And don’t forget, if you want to win your own Fossil Hunter Lottie Doll, sharing and liking this post will enter you in our prize draw!
http://trowelblazers.com/the-realfossilhunter-uk-tour-lottie-in-leeds/
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After her grueling conference schedule in San Francisco was over (all the talks given, people met, apple juice drunk), Fossil Hunter Lottie decided to get out On The Road, and headed off to NorCal with Becky for a mini-tour of some of the most amazing ancient plants on earth.
California is probably most often associated with the glitz of Hollywood and LA, but it also sparkles with some truly astonishing landscapes, wildlife, geology, and fossils. With only two weeks (and a nearly 14-month old party-member), this road trip wasn’t epic in mileage, but we did see some fantastic stuff, including some Awfully Old Trees.
http://trowelblazers.com/fossil-hunter-lottie-and-the-awfully-old-trees/
The countdown has begun! On May 21st we’ll be celebrating Mary Anning’s birthday with the official launch of a doll inspired by her: Fossil Hunter Lottie.
TrowelBlazers has worked closely with Lottie Dolls to make a doll that we hope will encourage little girls and boys to go out and hunt for their own fossils (safely and responsibly, of course!). And now we’re sending Fossil Hunter Lottie on a tour of the UK to meet #trowelblazing palaeontologists across the country, and find out what a day-in-the-life of a #realfossilhunter is actually like.
We’ll be photoblogging and tweeting pictures along the way, so stay-tuned. We really hope these pictures will help to show kids what real scientists look like, and that they too can grow up to be a palaeontologist.
You can join in too — share your photos of real-life fossilising, whether it’s your hobby or your job, on Twitter and Facebook, using the hashtag #RealFossilHunter. Every tweet/FaceBook post using #realfossilhunter will also be entered into a draw to win a Fossil Hunter Lottie doll (winner announced May 21st).
LET THE FOSSIL HUNTER LOTTIE #REALFOSSILHUNTER TOUR BEGIN…
Fossil Hunter Lottie’s UK tour begins, quite naturally at the Natural History Museum in London (where TeamTB’s Brenna and Tori work).
Everyone knows that there are incredible fossils on display, but stored away in the collections there are over 7 MILLION more specimens being worked on by scientists. We took Lottie behind the scenes to meet #trowelblazing NHM scientists Emma Bernard, Lorna Steel and Ria Mitchell
READ MORE at trowelblazers.com: http://trowelblazers.com/fossil-hunter-lottie-and-the-realfossilhunter-tour/
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Potentially one of our most adorable posts - how to get girls into science ;)
Recently, the folks at #QEDCon got a chance to ask scientists questions, through the kind offices of Robin Ince's Cosmic Genome. One intrepid soul asked our brennawalks how a little girl can get into science… lucky we are SO READY with an answer for that one.
And we know you guys could probably come up with a million more!
It has been an amazing few months for TrowelBlazers as we’ve watched our little Lottie come out of the box and set off on new adventures. First, a big heartfelt thanks to our TB supporters - this would never be possible without the dedication, commitment, and unstoppable punnage you bring to this project. Keep the submissions coming! And of course well done to the team at Arklu - we love Lottie, and are so proud to have been part of her creation. The whole point of Lottie, and the whole point of TrowelBlazers really, is to get the message out that anyone can be a scientist of the trowel-wielding variety; whether you are 8 years old or 80. So we are super super excited to announce that the winner of our #RealFossilHunter Lottie competition is absolutely 100% taking up the challenge to dream big, explore, and dig in ;) Congratulations to Hallie K. and Lottie’s new playmate Edith!! Keep resetting imaginations!
