Lauren's Excellent BYU Adventures (Part 2)
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Page 12: Working at the Paleo Lab
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I have the coolest job EVER. I work with real live (errr, dead) dinosaur bones! I work at the Paleontology Lab attached
to the BYU Earth Science Museum, chipping away at rock with drills and chisels to expose dinosaur bones that are millions
of years old, never before seen by human eyes. I also give tours of the museum to little kiddies. I pick my own hours, work
at my own pace...it's AWESOME!
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| THIS is the Earth Science Museum, a shabby little shack just west of the stadium. |
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| Roar! |
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| ROAR! |
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| ROOOOOOOOOAAAAR! *ahem* |
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| The kiddies can look through the window and see us working. Sometimes I feel like a zoo animal! |
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| That is one big sloth! Dangerous! |
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| This is how the bones come to us: big chunks of rock in plaster "jackets." |
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| We open up the jackets with sharp jagged knives and big dangerous crowbars and see what's inside! |
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| After a heck of a lot of work, most of the rock is chipped off, leaving beautiful dinosaur bone! |
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| This is Ken, my boss. He's very cool. |
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| Beth is one of my coworkers. She's a sophomore and likes running and stuff. |
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| This is Mary. She's now on a mission for the LDS church in Finland! |
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| Danae's worked here the longest: three years! |
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| Mel is stuck working with us four gals. I don't think he minds so much. |
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| We'll round off this excellent tour of my workplace with a picture of yours truly. |
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