Paleontology is the study of extinct plants and animals including dinosaurs, saber-tooth cats and trilobites.
Museum of the
Rockies at Montana State University offers a paleontology field program
with one- and two-week courses for adults at the famous Egg Mountain site.
http://www.montana.edu/wwwmor/.
The Tate Museum
at
Casper College operates class and field sessions in paleontology. The class
session deals with paleontological preparation. All ages welcome.
http://www.caspercollege.edu/community/campus/tate/activites/fieldwork/index.html.
Dig dinosaurs in
Wyoming at the Wyoming Dinosaur Center in Thermopolis. Daily digs
from April 15 to October 31. http://wyodino.org.
The Mammoth
Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota has fieldwork opportunities. Children
ages 7-13 can participate in simulated "sandbox" excavation. http://www.mammothsite.com/.