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Discover North Dakota’s prehistoric past with Pioneer Trails Museum’s Paleontology Tours
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BOWMAN, ND — Discover the prehistoric previous of North Dakota with the Pioneer Trails Regional Museum’s Paleontology Excursions. The museum’s workers will take guests on a fossil highway journey to the Hell Creek Formation, recognized for its vital discoveries of the last-known dinosaurs — together with the Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Edmontosaurus.
The museum’s workers will take guests on a fossil highway journey, the place they’ll journey to dig websites positioned within the neighborhood of Bowman, in western North Dakota, to seek for fossils which might be thousands and thousands of years previous. After a morning of fossil looking, individuals will return to the museum to see their discoveries within the paleontology lab the place they will be taught in regards to the means of bringing a fossil from the sector to show.
“We’ll take you again to the age that the dinosaurs lived and died, exploring the land 66 million years in the past within the Hell Creek Formation. These rocks replicate the swampy and humid atmosphere that dinosaurs as soon as lived in. Right this moment, the rocks are plentiful in fossils huge and small,” Darrah Steffen, Paleontology Curator with The Pioneer Trails Regional Museum, mentioned. “No matter we discover – enamel, scales, bones, fragments, and shell items will assist us proceed to reconstruct the story of western North Dakota because it modified over the eons.”
Picture courtesy of The Pioneer Trails Museum
The paleontology discipline excursions are scheduled all through the summer time season from June to August, with a morning session within the discipline and a day session within the lab. Fossils discovered on the excursions can usually be recognized by the museum’s discipline workers all through the day.
The museum can also be on the lookout for summer time interns to work in its paleontology division, serving to with discipline excursions, creating digital engagement, show design and development amongst different obligations. The internships are open to all college students with a real curiosity and data of paleontology, particularly these aspiring to additional their expertise outdoors the classroom.
The internship affords a $5,000 stipend for about 11 weeks of labor, with versatile begin and finish dates. The museum can even present help with housing and gasoline reimbursement, specialised coaching, and training and interpretive program coaching amongst different advantages.
The Pioneer Trails Regional Museum has a thirty-year historical past of serving rural North Dakota as a hub for historical past, archaeology, family tree and paleontology. The museum has established programming taking guests to quite a few paleontologic discipline websites, together with the assorted pioneer trails that run via the realm. Lately, the museum has been working in the direction of re-establishing the paleontology discipline applications.
The museum’s departments are lively in archaeological, genealogical and paleontological analysis in addition to collections regarding native historical past. In accordance with the museum’s mission, the establishment goals to protect and preserve historic artifacts and fossils whereas offering instructional, cultural and analysis alternatives to the area’s faculties, people and organizations.
For extra info on the Paleontology Excursions, events could contact the museum at paleo@ptrm.org or (701) 523-3600. Those that are fascinated with making use of for the internship could contact the museum at information@ptrm.org or (701) 523-3600.
James B. Miller, Jr. is the Editor of The Dickinson Press in Dickinson, North Dakota. He strives to deliver community-driven, skilled and hyper-local centered information protection of southwest North Dakota.
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North Dakota Superintendent Helping Schools Develop AI Guidelines
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North Dakota School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler announced new state guidance on artificial intelligence (AI) designed to assist local schools in developing their own AI policies and to help teachers and administrators work more efficiently.
A group of educators from North Dakota schools, the NDDPI, the Department of Career and Technical Education, and state information technology agencies created this guidance, which is available on the Department of Public Instruction’s website.
Baesler emphasized that implementing AI, like any instructional tool, requires careful planning and alignment with educational priorities, goals, and values.
She stressed that humans should always control AI usage and review its output for errors, following a Human-Technology-Human process. “We must emphasize keeping the main thing the main thing, and that is to prepare our young learners for their next challenges and goals,” Baesler said.
Steve Snow and Kelsie Seiler from the NDDPI Office of School Approval and Opportunity highlighted that the guidance was drawn from various state education agencies and technology websites, such as Code.org and TeachAI.org, with the process taking about eight months.
“We had a team that looked at guidance from other states, and we pulled pieces from different places and actually built guidance tailored for North Dakota students,” Snow said.
Seiler explained that AI excels at data analysis, predictive analytics, and automating repetitive tasks but lacks emotional intelligence, interdisciplinary research, and problem-solving abilities.
Snow added that AI can help teachers design lesson plans aligned with North Dakota’s academic content standards quickly and adjust them for students who need more support. AI can also simplify the development of personalized learning plans for students.
“You have so many resources (teachers) can use that are going to make your life so much easier,” Snow said. “I want the teachers, administration, and staff to get comfortable with using (AI), so they’re a little more comfortable when they talk to kids about it.”
Seiler noted that the NDDPI guidance is not a “how-to” manual for using AI but offers general suggestions on developing local policies to leverage AI effectively.
“Our guidance is meant to provide some tools to the school administration and say, ‘Here are some things to think about when you implement your own AI guidance,’” Snow said.
“For instance, do you have the infrastructure to support (AI)? Do you have a professional development plan so your teachers can understand it? Do you have governance in place that says what AI can and can’t be used for?”
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The most deadly time to drive is between Memorial Day and Labor Day
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NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — The hundred-day span between Memorial Day and Labor Day is marked as the most deadly period on the road here in North Dakota.
According to the North Dakota Department of Transportation’s 2022 crash summary report, fatal crashes are twice as likely during this time.
That’s why North Dakota leaders are urging drivers to not fall into a “false sense of security” during the bright and cheery days of summer.
According to Travel and Leisure, North Dakota has been marked as the state with the most reckless drivers.
There’s a range of reasons for this from drunk driving to speeding. But another reason is that when the snow clears, North Dakota drivers are eager to get out more and drive faster than they would in the snow, according to the North Dakota Department of Transportation’s Highway Safety Division director.
And because North Dakota has some of the lowest citation fees in the nation, ranging from $5 to $100, the Highway Patrol’s safety and education officer says that drivers aren’t given enough deterrents to drive safely.
However, with growing concerns about safety, there could be talk of increasing citation amounts in coming legislative sessions.
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NDGF taking proactive measures to prevent aquatic nuisance species from spreading
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BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – Aquatic nuisance species are nonnative plants, animals and pathogens that can threaten our aquatic resources. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is taking proactive measures to stop the spread of ANS into our waterbodies by conducting watercraft inspections at popular boat ramps statewide.
“We got watercraft inspectors that are working throughout this summer around the state of North Dakota to check boats, to educate boat owners to do the right things at ramps, make sure boats are all clean, drain, dry before recreating here,” said Ben Holen, NDGF Aquatic Nuisance Species Coordinator.
What can anglers or watercraft recreationists expect when they come to an ANS inspection?
“A watercraft inspector will ask a few questions, only takes a couple minutes, and then they look at the hull of the boat. They’re looking at the engine area, looking at the anchor and also looking at all drain compartments, making sure all water is out of that watercraft. Everything is drained. Everything is cleaned, drained, dry before you get on that water body,” said Holen.
These watercraft inspections are voluntary and most people are cooperative and thankful the Game and Fish Department is spearheading efforts to stop the spread of ANS.
“We see a lot of our fishermen are really educated about aquatic nuisance species. They’re pulling their plugs every time, removing vegetation, doing the right things. Occasionally there are slip-ups, but that’s why our inspectors are out here making sure that those boats are good to go,” said Holen.
It’s not only fishing boats that are inspected, it’s all watercraft.
“So whether you’re a jet skier, a kayak, a canoer, a wakeboarder, you all play a part in curbing the spread of aquatic nuisance species in North Dakota,” said Holen.
The purpose of these inspections is to educate the public so they can help curb the spread of ANS.
“We can’t be at every ramp, every single circumstance, so hopefully some of these recreationists can take the tools that they learn from watercraft inspectors and apply them on their own when they’re out there recreating on their own and do a self-inspection,” said Holen.
The Game and Fish Department is committed to safeguarding our natural resources for future generations to enjoy.
“So we really, really like to keep it that way and keep these resources pristine for a long time,” said Holen.
For more information on Aquatic Nuisance Species, visit gf.nd.gov
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