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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Tom Oliver, Bitburg Middle School science teacher, explains what tools students will need to examine soil samples from a dinosaur excavation site during class here Oct. 12. Scientists from the Paleontologist Research Institute donated the 10,000-year-old soil from a mastodon excavation site in Hyde Park, N.Y., to the Bitburg Middle School. The lab experiment gave the students important insight into what processes scientists use to search for remains at excavation sites. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Dillon Davis)
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Kaenani Fernandez, daughter of Staff Sgt. Lelani Puga, 52nd Medical Operations Squadron, searches for biological remains in a soil sample from a dinosaur excavation site during class here Oct. 12. Scientists from the Paleontologist Research Institute donated the 10,000-year-old soil from a mastodon excavation site in Hyde Park, N.Y., to the Bitburg Middle School. The lab experiment gave the students important insight into what processes scientists use to search for remains at excavation sites. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Dillon Davis)
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Thomas Rising IV, son of Master Sgt. Thomas Rising III, 726th Air Mobility Squadron, searches for biological remains in a soil sample from a dinosaur excavation site during class here Oct. 12. Scientists from the Paleontologist Research Institute donated the 10,000-year-old soil from a mastodon excavation site in Hyde Park, N.Y., to the Bitburg Middle School. The lab experiment gave the students important insight into what processes scientists use to search for remains at excavation sites. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Dillon Davis)
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Erica Hylen, left, daughter of Tech. Sgt. Eric Hylen, 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, and Tom Oliver, Bitburg Middle School science teacher, look at samples of plant fibers from a dinosaur excavation site during class here Oct. 12. Scientists from the Paleontologist Research Institute donated the 10,000-year-old soil from a mastodon excavation site in Hyde Park, N.Y., to the Bitburg Middle School. The lab experiment gave the students important insight into what processes scientists use to search for remains at excavation sites. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Dillon Davis)
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Garrett Ericson, son of Michael Ericson, a Bitburg Middle School counselor, swirls dirt samples around in a jar of water to separate biological samples out of soil from a dinosaur excavation site during class here Oct. 12. Scientists from the Paleontologist Research Institute donated the 10,000-year-old soil from a mastodon excavation site in Hyde Park, N.Y., to the Bitburg Middle School. The lab experiment gave the students important insight into what processes scientists use to search for remains at excavation sites. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Dillon Davis)