Photo Gallery Specimens Oreodont Skull, photo by Lori Neuenfeldt Mastodon tooth - Mississippi Lizard skeleton Ammonite Fish in Concretion Brazil Green River Fish LN Quartz Geode Smilodon Skull Saber Toothed Cat Thoracosaurus-neocesariensis-sm Triceratops_s Wavellite Crystals National Fossil Day Congratulations to Margo Hoffman for winning 2016 National Fossil Day Contest! Amy Moe-Hoffman getting ready to move the Triceratops. Preparation for the Fossil Extravaganza 2016 Cleaning up the Triceratops. Preparation for the Fossil Extravaganza 2016 Dr. Bill Cooke (left) and Amy Moe-Hoffman (right) during the National Fossil Day 2016 Moving crew. Preparation for the Fossil Extravaganza 2016 Moving crew. Preparation for the Fossil Extravaganza 2016 Moving the Triceratops National Fossil Day 2014 - Waiting for Cake National Fossil Day 2015 - activities National Fossil Day 2015 - cake National Fossil Day 2015 - visitors National Fossil Day 2016 activities new displays National Fossil Day 2016 activities National Fossil Day 2016 celebrations National Fossil Day 2016 organizers Maurice Testa left and Amy Moe-Hoffman National Fossil Day Art 2015 Repairing and moving the Triceratops. Preparation for the Fossil Extravaganza 2016 Tammie Bright from Yazoo County Middle School presents National Fossil Day 2016 contest entries Unveiling the Gainey Exhibit - 2014 Darwin Week Folks from the Department of Geosciences gathered for the kickoff event for Darwin Week 2017 at Plymouth Bluff Center. Darwin Survival of the Fittest Dodge Ball Tournament Photo By Megan Bean Darwin Dodge Ball Tournament 2015 Earth Day Teacher Amber Jones (Germantown) brings her high school students' group entry for the Straw Challenge. Geosciences table at MSU's 2017 Earth Day Doctoral student Maurice Testa and Dunn-Seiler Museum Collections Manager Amy Moe-Hoffman staff the Geosciences Earth Day 2016 table Dr. Adam Skarke, Assistant Professor of Geosciences, judges the Earth Day 2016 projects Dr. Joseph Witt, Philosophy & Religion, judges middle school students' entries for the Earth Day 2016 creative recycling competition Earth Day 2014 Styrofoam contest winners Earth Day 2016; the Dunn-Seiler Museum sponsored a drum circle with Professor Robert Damm. Visiting students enjoyed playing the recycled instruments provided by Dr. Damm Hannah Franklin (SIA School District) stands in front of her Straw Challenge Earth Day entry Submitted Earth Day 2016 projects are displayed in the Dunn-Seiler Museum for the judges. Our judges included Dr. Adam Skarke (Geosciences), Dr. Shrinidhi Ambinakudige (Geosciences), and Dr. Joseph Witt (Philosophy and Religion) Tammie Bright (left) and Tammie Franklin (right) from Yazoo County Middle School submit one of their student's Earth Day 2016 projects, an American flag made from recycled water bottles Teachers Tammie Bright (Grenada Middle School) and Tammie Franklin (South Delta School District) bring entries for Dunn-Seiler Earth Day Straw Challenge Teachers Tammie Bright (right) from Yazoo County middle school and Tammie Franklin from Grenada dropped off student projects Maurice Testa (left) and Amy Moe-Hoffman (right) represent the Department of Geosciences at the MSU Earth Day 2016 Fair Tammie Bright (left) and Tammie Franklin (right) from Yazoo County Middle School bring 6th, 7th, and 8th grade student projects to Mississippi State for the Geosciences Dunn-Seiler Museum Earth Day 2016 competition