• BluesF@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    That’s a great resource, but good god I can’t imagine a worse environment for me to work in than one where I’m constantly being questioned by children.

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      6 months ago

      Sorry, I don’t think I explained it very well. I don’t mean that every archaeologist working there is available for questions at the same time. I meant that there are archaeologists (and paleontologists) available to answer questions any time while others are doing scientific work.

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          6 months ago

          Yeah, when I was there, there was a window to watch what they were doing and one of them at an open part at the end to answer questions. But I’m guessing that the ones working wouldn’t mind answering the occasional question from a kid pointing and asking what’s up with what they’re doing. I doubt they would be working there if they weren’t interested in science education. And I’m really glad there are enough archaeologists and paleontologists interested in science education to do things like that while still being able to do work in their field.

          I found a couple of pictures of their paleo lab to show what I mean: