Recent news and announcements from the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/rss/news.xml Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:38 -0500 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:29 -0500 Dads will receive free admission to two brand new exhibits at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on Father’s Day, from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 15. The free admission is provided courtesy of TIAA-CREF’s Oklahoma College Savings Plan. http://news.snomnh.ou.edu/current/FathersDay08.htm Tue, 03 June 2008 08:57:50 -0500 National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Paul Sereno has made dinosaur discoveries all over the world. Two of his most well-known finds – Sarcosuchus imperator, or “SuperCroc,” and the recently revealed Nigersaurus – are currently on view at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. On Saturday, June 7, Sereno himself will make a visit to the Sooner State to give two public presentations about his dinosaur discoveries. The talks will take place at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the special exhibition gallery where SuperCroc is on view. Both talks are free with paid museum admission. Sereno’s presentation is titled “Dinosaurs on Drifting Continents.” Like island castaways, African dinosaurs drifted into isolation as the supercontinent Pangaea drifted apart. Many of Africa's Cretaceous dinosaurs and other species that evolved during that spectacular journey have been unearthed on Sereno’s expeditions to the Sahara. Sereno will introduce his audience to the fern-mower Nigersaurus, the sail-backed Suchomimus, and some weird crocodiles – including SuperCroc, a 40 foot long dinosaur-eating beast – to paint a picture of life on Africa during the Mesozoic and how that picture is helping us to sketch the evolutionary history of dinosaurs. http://news.snomnh.ou.edu/current/SerenoPresentation.htm Tue, 03 June 2008 08:55:26 -0500 The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman has received a gift in the amount of $950,000 from the Whitten-Newman Foundation of Edmond. The gift will fund ExplorOlogy, a new education project designed to engage children and teachers in doing science by immersing them in the world of field exploration. http://news.snomnh.ou.edu/current/ExplorOlogy.htm 76762D77-0046-493F-A936-834FFAC7D8F6-15211-0000729C4B8AA387-FFA Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:24 -0500 New podcasts will now allow Spanish-speaking visitors to the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman to enjoy a Spanish-language audio tour through the dinosaur exhibits. The 25-minute tour is available in both English and Spanish. Museum visitors have the option of downloading the tour from the Web onto their personal iPod or other mp3 player, or renting an iPod at the museum information desk for use during their visit. The audio tours were made possible by the AT&T Foundation. http://news.snomnh.ou.edu/current/AudioTours.htm C1F5A89C-8A47-44F3-8934-4C10DCE985E5-15211-0000729D54CBF11A-FFA Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:22:29 -0500