While your student group is in the Los Angeles area, you should visit the La Brea Tar Pits Page Museum as part of the experience. The location is the world’s most famous Ice Age fossil excavation site. They offer tours for your student group to enjoy. There are also various collections in the museum as well as interesting exhibits. Students of all ages will enjoy this attraction.
The student group can take a tour which is known as the Excavator Tour. The group will have the opportunity to explore the museum, the Park Labs, and observe fossil excavation. The tour will begin at the Fossil Lab inside the museum. Then the students will move outside to the Observation Pit. There are also educational programs for students to explore. One of the types of programs is known as Ice Age Encounters. This program is for students in 2nd through 6th grade. The events last for 15 minutes.
The exhibits at the Page Museum are educational and interesting. The students will see over one million Ice Age fossils that are from 650 different species. You will find species such as bison, camel, the condor, a horse and a mammoth. The museum also contains fascinating collections with a variety of fossils from several species. One of the collections is known as Birds at Rancho La Brea. The collection contains 139 species of bird fossils. You will find songbirds, hawks, and eagles. Another interesting collection is called Invertebrates at Rancho La Brea. In this collection, the students can examine fossils from animals such as scorpions, spiders, snails, clams, pill bugs, dragonflies, and grasshoppers.
