MUSEUM NEWS AUTUMN 2013
PSALM 104
6b The waters stood above the mountains.
7 At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
8 They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.
9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
That they may not return to cover the earth.
PSALM 104
6b The waters stood above the mountains.
7 At Your rebuke they fled;
At the voice of Your thunder they hastened away.
8 They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
To the place which You founded for them.
9 You have set a boundary that they may not pass over,
That they may not return to cover the earth.
PUBLIC SCHOOL TOUR
The museum hosted a public school tour for the first time on May the 27th. The grade 3 and 4 students learned
about our catastrophic past, living fossils and the evidence in the fossil creatures for an intelligent designer. They loved
the hands on fossil hunt and identification at the research tables. It was such a hit that a new public school category
was added to the tour page. Click the TOURS tab and scroll down.
The museum hosted a public school tour for the first time on May the 27th. The grade 3 and 4 students learned
about our catastrophic past, living fossils and the evidence in the fossil creatures for an intelligent designer. They loved
the hands on fossil hunt and identification at the research tables. It was such a hit that a new public school category
was added to the tour page. Click the TOURS tab and scroll down.
Sydney found an excellent fossil in oil shale.
An extinct straight coned nautiloid. Only the coiled ones remain today. These creatures
were amazingly designed to move to different depths of water just like a submarine.
were amazingly designed to move to different depths of water just like a submarine.
Fossils that have turned into pyrite found by McKenna.
Facinating trilobite bits, tail (pygidium) and nose (glabella)
HOMESCHOOLING TOUR
A fun time had by all as the Kawartha Lakes Homeschooling Group visited the museum on June 26th. After an opening introduction on
fossils the students were given question sheets to fill in. Answers could be found in the displays. The sheets were put in a bucket and one drawn out (usually it takes several draws to get a correct sheet). We had a winner! Congratulations to Ashleigh who won a fossil mussel and a mussel burrow. Both are great evidence for a quick burial and not the slow burial that uniformitarianism demands.
We had good weather that day so the fossil hunt and identification went outside. The students were quick to identify the common fossils found in the Whitby oil shale and were able to take their prizes home.
A fun time had by all as the Kawartha Lakes Homeschooling Group visited the museum on June 26th. After an opening introduction on
fossils the students were given question sheets to fill in. Answers could be found in the displays. The sheets were put in a bucket and one drawn out (usually it takes several draws to get a correct sheet). We had a winner! Congratulations to Ashleigh who won a fossil mussel and a mussel burrow. Both are great evidence for a quick burial and not the slow burial that uniformitarianism demands.
We had good weather that day so the fossil hunt and identification went outside. The students were quick to identify the common fossils found in the Whitby oil shale and were able to take their prizes home.
The Kawartha Lakes Homeschooling Group busily searching for answers to the question sheets.
Ashleigh showing one of her winning fossils, a fossil mussel.
A great day to locate and identify fossils.
Trinity is all smiles finding an excellent fossil.
A pyritized cephalopod. Pyritization (a process where a buried creature turns to metal)
is an indicator of a deep burial.
is an indicator of a deep burial.
More cool fossils to make note of. A smaller pyritized cephalopod.
Parts of the trilobite "Triarthrus eatoni" consisting mostly of nose (glabella) sections.
BANCROFT GEMBOREE (GEM SHOW)
The annual trip to the Bancroft “Gemboree” on August 3rd and 4th provided us with some more
fossil and mineral upgrades and buckets of pretty minerals for the museum rock pile.
The rock fossil and mineral show has many international specimens but also local collectors
sell their finds at the outside booths.
The annual trip to the Bancroft “Gemboree” on August 3rd and 4th provided us with some more
fossil and mineral upgrades and buckets of pretty minerals for the museum rock pile.
The rock fossil and mineral show has many international specimens but also local collectors
sell their finds at the outside booths.
Inside one of the buildings at the Gemboree.
Plenty of local minerals at the outside booths.
One of the items purchased is a large biotite mica section.
And for the first time in the museum, a stromatolite. Stromatolites are thought by evolutionists to have existed 3.5
billion years ago however stromatolites (blue green algae) exist still today in Western Australia. This is another example of a
"Living Fossil". The real history of the world is what Genesis says, "Creatures Producing after Their Own Kind"
since the world was created only a few thousand years ago. No evolution here!
billion years ago however stromatolites (blue green algae) exist still today in Western Australia. This is another example of a
"Living Fossil". The real history of the world is what Genesis says, "Creatures Producing after Their Own Kind"
since the world was created only a few thousand years ago. No evolution here!
Bancroft is worthy of the name “Mineral Capital of Canada” because the area consists of igneous and
metasedimentary rocks and is just riddled with rock sites and road cuts with plenty of interesting types
of rocks some even unique to the area. A visit to McDonald Mine yields smoky and white quartz, feldspar
pyrite, biotite mica, scaptolite, pyroxene, calcite and rare minerals.
metasedimentary rocks and is just riddled with rock sites and road cuts with plenty of interesting types
of rocks some even unique to the area. A visit to McDonald Mine yields smoky and white quartz, feldspar
pyrite, biotite mica, scaptolite, pyroxene, calcite and rare minerals.
Mark Kenyon standing in front of McDonald Mine.
The buckets filled up fast here with common rocks and minerals.
Martin Legemaate scanning the area for worthy specimens.
Touching the hammer, a piece of white quartz and biotite mica.
MUSEUM UPGRADES
Collected this Summer at a Lindsay road cut were record long crinoid stems (Archaeocrinus) with the longest measuring
13 and a half inches. This shatters the museum record of 5 and a half inches collected 2 years ago at Hungry Hollow Ontario.
Like Hungry Hollow these fossils are found in loose shale and can easily be removed. No chiseling necessary!
13 and a half inches. This shatters the museum record of 5 and a half inches collected 2 years ago at Hungry Hollow Ontario.
Like Hungry Hollow these fossils are found in loose shale and can easily be removed. No chiseling necessary!
John Mackay at the Lindsay area road cut.
Crinoid stem poking out of the shale.
Crinoids or Sea Lillies are actually marine animals that were abundant and more diverse in the rock record but only
*one or two surviving lineages are present in today's waters. (*ref. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/fossils/crinoid.html )
This living fossil is another fine example of creatures producing after their own kind as the book of Genesis states.
Loosing species is no help to the theory of evolution!
Crinoids or Sea Lillies are actually marine animals that were abundant and more diverse in the rock record but only
*one or two surviving lineages are present in today's waters. (*ref. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/fossils/crinoid.html )
This living fossil is another fine example of creatures producing after their own kind as the book of Genesis states.
Loosing species is no help to the theory of evolution!
Crinoid stems before cleaning, matching up and gluing together.
After hours of preparation but it was worth it!
NEW ON THE THE WEB
SHOP
There are new items added to the SHOP page. You can now purchase your own mini tabletop fossil museum for
teaching purposes. Some of the same specimens at the museum but in miniature. All showing evidence for
Creation and Catastrophe. There are also overstock museum specimens for sale. Go to: SHOP
There are new items added to the SHOP page. You can now purchase your own mini tabletop fossil museum for
teaching purposes. Some of the same specimens at the museum but in miniature. All showing evidence for
Creation and Catastrophe. There are also overstock museum specimens for sale. Go to: SHOP
Sample of a mini tabletop museum with fossil, mineral, crystal, and metal specimens.
BIRTHDAYS AT THE MUSEUM
Here is a chance to turn an ordinary birthday into a “Fossil Fun Fest”.
See the new birthday tour category by clicking the TOURS tab.
Here is a chance to turn an ordinary birthday into a “Fossil Fun Fest”.
See the new birthday tour category by clicking the TOURS tab.
Birthdays really rock!
FREEBEES
Free newsletters and audio added regularly.
Free newsletters and audio added regularly.
CREATION WEEKEND 2013
Have you read the report on our Spring Creation Weekend Event yet?
Click the CREATION WEEKEND 2013 tab.
Have you read the report on our Spring Creation Weekend Event yet?
Click the CREATION WEEKEND 2013 tab.
Some speakers at the Creation Weekend.
CREATION WEEKEND FOLLOW-UP CLASSES
Here's your chance to attend Fall follow-up classes to the Creation Weekend Event we had in the Spring. The format of the meetings will be a DVD viewing followed by a discussion or sometimes a PowerPoint presentation.
The type of topics would be: biology (natural selection, mutations; does evolutionary theory provide an explanation?), Icons of Evolution, Intelligent Design, Why this matters, Dating Methods, Ape-Men, Astronomy, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Ice Age, Noah's Flood, and Global Warming.
Join Frank and Carol Brandon Sunday nights for 8 sessions (venue to be determined) . The first session starts on Sunday Sept. 29th from 7 to 9 p.m. To sign up or for more details contact Frank and Carol at: [email protected] (905) 852-4346
The type of topics would be: biology (natural selection, mutations; does evolutionary theory provide an explanation?), Icons of Evolution, Intelligent Design, Why this matters, Dating Methods, Ape-Men, Astronomy, Dinosaurs, Fossils, Ice Age, Noah's Flood, and Global Warming.
Join Frank and Carol Brandon Sunday nights for 8 sessions (venue to be determined) . The first session starts on Sunday Sept. 29th from 7 to 9 p.m. To sign up or for more details contact Frank and Carol at: [email protected] (905) 852-4346
Speakers Carol and Frank Brandon
RESEARCH
Continued research on the Georgian Bay Formation was conducted in spring
by Ian Juby and Martin Legemaate. Click on the RESEARCH page and
scroll down to continued research.
Continued research on the Georgian Bay Formation was conducted in spring
by Ian Juby and Martin Legemaate. Click on the RESEARCH page and
scroll down to continued research.
Martin Legemaate and Ian Juby at Workmans Creek with exposed Georgian Bay Formation shale.
Can you guess what fossil we found? Click the RESEARCH tab.
THE MUSEUM EXPANDS
In August one of the new showcases restored in 2012 has moved to Central Baptist Academy in Brantford Ontario.
Principal Jordan Butcher views the setting up of the Nova Scotia fossil display.
"One of the goals of our science classes is to understand that God has created the world and everything in it. True, objective science will point to a Creator, thus support what the God of order has revealed through Scripture about Creation and ultimately Himself. What an opportunity to study the fossil record - first hand - from a Christian worldview; to understand how organic matter is fossilized and the role of the Flood in creating fossils, and to develop a deeper appreciation for an important branch of science".
Jordan Butcher
Nowhere is “Gigantism” best displayed as in the rocks of Nova Scotia. Fossil evidence show plants and insects
used to be bigger in the past indicating a better environment. This evidence fits with Bible history that after the fall
and with the catastrophic effects of Noah’s Flood the environment drastically deteriorated.
"One of the goals of our science classes is to understand that God has created the world and everything in it. True, objective science will point to a Creator, thus support what the God of order has revealed through Scripture about Creation and ultimately Himself. What an opportunity to study the fossil record - first hand - from a Christian worldview; to understand how organic matter is fossilized and the role of the Flood in creating fossils, and to develop a deeper appreciation for an important branch of science".
Jordan Butcher
Nowhere is “Gigantism” best displayed as in the rocks of Nova Scotia. Fossil evidence show plants and insects
used to be bigger in the past indicating a better environment. This evidence fits with Bible history that after the fall
and with the catastrophic effects of Noah’s Flood the environment drastically deteriorated.
All set up and ready to take on the Bill Nye the Science Guy video rack next to the display.
Move over Bill Nye, the real evidence is here!
Hi Martin,
I've been meaning to send you an email of thanks for setting up the display.
It looks great! Some of the teachers are very excited about the display because
of how well it will tie into their curriculum - especially to help them illustrate a biblical
interpretation of the evidence.
Jordan Butcher
http://cbabrantford.ca/
Hi Martin,
I've been meaning to send you an email of thanks for setting up the display.
It looks great! Some of the teachers are very excited about the display because
of how well it will tie into their curriculum - especially to help them illustrate a biblical
interpretation of the evidence.
Jordan Butcher
http://cbabrantford.ca/
To check the progress of new fossil displays click NEW DISPLAYS
Interested in having a display at your Church or School?
There is one more left.
Contact Curator Martin Legemaate at:
[email protected]
