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Allosaurus fragilis.

No, that’s not the name of an album by the Police. That’s the scientific moniker for the dinosaur currently being constructed at the Cincinnati Museum Center. Through July 8th, paleontologists will be putting together the skeleton of an A. fragilis for a future exhibit at the Museum of Natural History and Science. And you can watch these scientists putting the dinosaur back together through a special Web cam available right here on CETconnect.org.

The project, called Bone By Bone, is truly fascinating as you watch the meticulous work that goes into recreating and rebuilding the past. I encourage you to check in daily.

– Brian

P.S. Of course, we have daily sightings of a certain purple dinosaur of our own right here on CET, but did you know this? Kevin Clash, the gentleman behind Sesame Street’s Elmo, was the puppeteer & voice for Baby Sinclair on the old television show, Dinosaurs.

CET is wrapping up preparing the materials for our newest educational multimedia project, Ohio Rocks! 

Ohio Rocks! is a standards-based third through fifth grade geology video with an accompanying teacher’s guide, resource CD and website. Ohio Rocks! will take teachers and students for an armchair tour of the geological wonders of our state. 

Ohio Rocks! was funded by a grant from eTech Ohio and will be provided free to low-wealth schools in Ohio and at cost to other districts that would like to purchase the kit. CET plans to make the project available free via streaming of the video on CETconnect and to making all accompanying print materials available in PDF on the web. 

Our partners on this project were Ohio Geological Survey and Cincinnati Museum Center.  We cannot give enough thanks to Mac Swinford and Mark Wolfe at Ohio Geological Survey as well as Glenn Storrs, Brenda Hanke, Bob Genheimer, and Michelle Padilla at Cincinnati Museum Center. This project would not have been possible without their advice, guidance, and use of their facilities for filming locations. The host of the series is local author Rick Sowash. The supporting website will also feature some of his tall tales and critter stories from his books, Ripsnorting Whoppers and Critters, Flitters, and Spitters. 

For a sneak peak at Ohio Rocks! check out the Mastodon Dig video under Teachers and Students on CETconnect. — Krystal