Saturday Club at the Tate Geological Museum

Join us Saturday, November 7th, for Saturday Club. Participants in Oceanography and Creatures of the Sea will learn about the ocean and the diverse creatures that live in it. The oceans cover three quarters of the globe, and vast areas of the ocean floor remain unexplored. Animals live and die in the darkest reaches of the deep sea without ever seeing the light of day, and even today myriads of them remain undiscovered by science. Participants in this class will practice using bathymetric data to construct a topographical map of the sea floor, and assign various sea creatures to their proper depth zone in the marine ecosystem. We will also learn the Japanese art of Gyotaku. This is the practice of using the body of a fish to make a print on paper in ink or paint. Originally invented by fishermen as a method of record-keeping, it soon grew into an art form in its own right. Make your own Gyotaku fish print to take home!
Saturday Club is free and open to children ages 7-14. The Tate Geological Museum is located at the southern end of the Casper College campus; look for the life-size T. rex bronze near the Tate or call the museum at 307-268-2447.