From dabble, there is a paleontological tour of Chicago skyscrapers a few times this summer. The next dates are Sunday, August 9, and Sunday, September 13:
https://dabble.co/chicago/science/classes/fossils-the-magnificent-mile-with-peter-kaplan
ESCONI members are welcome to attend but please RSVP. If you prefer to do a self-guided tour, a .pdf of the guide booklet can be provided.
Raise your hand if you know that the city of Chicago is surrounded by fossils ... not just in the ground, but up in the buildings .
Yeah, we didn't either, until this awesome class came along. But we're learning something new every day, and that tidbits of info is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg!
This interactive walking tour will take Dabblers on a journey through our city in a way they've never seen it before. Walk through the Loop and be prepared to be awestruck-- not by how much the clothes in the window cost, for a change-- but by how many historical, ancient, and magnificent fossils you can find embedded in the sides of the very same buildings you shuffle past everyday.
This class, which is one part history lesson, one part geology crash course and one part paleontological treasure hunt, will give you a thorough rundown on the building of the city of Chicago, and along the way will point out all the best fossils the city has to offer. And *everyone* gets a real Midwestern fossil to take home.