K-12, Primary/Secondary Classrooms

Students and teachers: Members of the RRBP engage in educational outreach efforts that relate to environmental change through time, geology and paleontology, and evolutionary biology.

If you are located near Ohio University, please feel free to contact us to arrange a visit by one of us or our students to your classroom!

We also have conducted presentations for hundreds of kids and dozens of teachers near our field sites in Tanzania. If you are located in Tanzania and would like to learn more about the project, please send us an email and we will do our best to send educational materials to your school, or perhaps arrange a visit during one of our research trips.

If you are located elsewhere in the US, please let us know, and we will try to put you into contact with our colleagues in paleontology that live near you.

Also, be sure to check for K-12 science educational programs offered by The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, and the Geological Society of America!

Learning Exercises for your students:

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University

For Undergraduate Students: A number of laboratory and field research projects are available for undergraduates interested in biology, paleontology, museum studies and science education. We currently employ students in the Ohio University PACE program, the Honors Tutorial College, and the Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies UGRIP program.

NEW – Undergraduates interested in volunteering in the new NSF-funded paleobiological specimen preparation laboratory at Ohio University are also encouraged to contact us via email.

For Potential Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers: Those interested in pursuing graduate or postgraduate studies on topics related to the Rukwa Rift Basin Project are encouraged to contact us. Also, see the OCEES website (Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies), Ohio University Paleontology Group and the Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology for details regarding graduate studies at Ohio University.