Geology Class goes to The Museum of Natural Science

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60;   From building a Dinosaur to learning about all sorts of fossils, a group of Elon students ventured off to The Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh, North Carolina to expand on their knowledge about Geology. While visiting the Natural Science Museum, the students had the opportunity to experience hands-on learning about Dinosaur’s and the creatures of the ancient world. One creature, in particular, was the Acrocanthosaurus (Acro), which means “high-spined lizard.”
    The Acrocanthosaurus, was a Dinosaur that lived in the early Cretaceous Period, about 110 million years ago. Acro was the top known land predator, often attacking Dinosaur’s more than twice its size. Later, this  Dino became known as “The Terror of the Prehistoric South,” because of the different locations the fossils were found. This enormous carnivore-eating beast has often been mistaken as the Tyrannosaurus Rex because they are similar in weight, size, and structure. The main difference in categorizing these two giants is that the Acro lived during the early Cretaceous Period (110 million years ago), while the T-Rex  lived in the late Cretaceous Period (65 million years ago).
    After the journey through The Museum of Natural Science, the group fantasized on the creatures of the past and learned about Geology on a different level. Instead of learning through class lectures and note-taking, this Intro to Geology class stepped off campus into a hands-on experience taking back with them a piece of the past.

-Written by: Urysla Cotton, Kallie Hovatter, and Jenae Williamson