Our founder, Bill Sanderson, was recently interviewed at our museum with TV host Robin Swoboda for a piece called "On the Road to Copley Township" aired on Tuesday, February 9th, between 10-11am on Fox 8!

Watch the segment on YouTube.

We recently launched an outreach project called "Community Connection" to help us more effectively introduce our Science Center’s creation science and Christian apologetic resources to our community.

Our Community Connection presentations will also raise awareness for the needs of our organization (such as prayer, volunteers, financial gifts, church support…etc.).

Please contact us to schedule a Community Connection presentation or to refer us to someone who might be interested in partnering with our Science Center and utilizing our resources.

Fridays Are FREE Days for Pastors and Teachers (by appointment only)
Offer expires December 31st, 2010

We are extending free tours of our Science Center to pastors and teachers on every Friday until the end of the year. Please call or email us to schedule your visit so we can welcome you!

LIVE Reptile Show with Marissa Dubina
November 7, 2009 | 6:45-7 pm
at our Silent Auction fundraiser at the Copley High School

Enjoy one complimentary ADMISSION when a second ADMISSION of equal or greater value is purchased.

Click here to download our coupon with the purchase of a Entertainment coupon book.

Now you can send invitations about our events to your friends on Facebook! Thank you so much Kevin, David and Amy for volunteering your time and talents to help build and maintain our new Facebook page!

Our fossil dig in our tent at the Sunday Fall Kick Off '09 at Northside Church was a huge hit! The Fall Kick Off '09 was free and was designed for the whole family! There was free food, inflatables, corn hole, an euchre tournament, and games for all ages!

Todd Styer (a frequent lecturer in our Lecture Series and a member of our advisory board) had an information tent next to our tent with his exhaustive creation related science and apologetics materials from his Defender's of Creation Sunday School class that he teaches at Northside.

CRSEF - 11th Annual Fossil Hunt
Saturday, September 12th, 2009 from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Trammel Fossil Park, Tramway Dr., Sharonville, OH 45241
Suggested donation of $2 per person or $5 per family to the CRSEF

CRSEF will supply water and paper towels for hand washing, before light refreshments are served during Dr. Whitmore's presentation.

This is a fun family event, but some of the entertainment may be up to the parent/adults at times (i.e. you know the attention span of the children you are bringing)!

The fossil hunt area is hilly, and could be somewhat dangerous.  Caution needs to be observed, and small children should not be unescorted in the fossil hunt area.


Driving Directions to the Trammel Fossil Park
Tramway Dr., Sharonville, OH 45241
Fossil Park Web site: http://www.sharonville.org/fossilpark.aspx

EAST 275
• Get off at the "Sharonville/Mason Rt. 42" exit, exit number 46
• Take a left onto Rt. 42
• Take a left at the third stoplight, Hauck Road (White Castle on the north-west corner)
• About ½ mile, take a right onto Tramway Drive   
• Trammel Park is on the right side Tramway Drive.

WEST 275
• Get off at the "Sharonville/Mason Rt. 42" exit, exit number 46
• Take a right onto Rt. 42
• Take a left at the first stoplight, Hauck Road (White Castle on the north-west corner)
• About ½ mile, take a right onto Tramway Drive
• Trammel Park is on the right side Tramway Drive.
Look for the big sign for the Trammel Fossil Park entrance at Tramway Drive and Hauck Road!

Back by popular demand! Marissa Dubina will give a hands-on reptile show and tell presentation at Truassic Park Adventure Camp. Suggested ages: 5-11 yrs.

Open to the public.
$2 per person*
RSVP required

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* This presentation is part of the Truassic Park Adventure Camp program and is included with camp registration for campers.

Despite the rain, we had fifteen brave volunteers help walk beside our float and pass out Dino Dollar coupons along the parade route. We were able to pass out several hundred coupons and were greeted by many enthusiastic kids pointing and shouting, "Look at the dinosaur!" as our float drove by.

We had many happy visitors stop by our tent. Children and adults, alike, came running over to dig for fossils in our table-top “Dino Dig.” Many visitors had not heard about us before so it was good to have a presence at the festival!

Clifford-the-big-red-dog even stopped by our tent to get his picture with our “Burning Tree Mastodon” femur-bone and a smiling little girl.

Sign up your child to be added to our Birthday Club and receive a birthday card, Dino Dollars, and a surprise gift just in time for their birthday!

We will also send you a $10 discount coupon for a Dino-mite Birthday Party at Akron Fossils and Science Center.

Children ages 0-13 eligible for membership.

Click here to download a sign up form that can be sent to our Science Center by fax, mail or delivered in person.


Click here to redirected to our Birthday Party page.

A special thank you to all of our volunteers at the Blue Tip Parade. With your help we were able to pass out over 2,000 Dino Dollar coupons!

As usual, our dinosaur float received many raving compliments, especially from the kids! We consistently heard parade watchers say things like, "I drive by your museum frequently... I'll have to stop in sometime now that I have a coupon to remind me."

Look for our dinosaur float again next year and please contact us if you are interested in helping to walk in other parades.

Dr. John Whitcomb is president of Whitcomb Ministries and former professor of Theology and Old Testament studies at Graceland Theological Seminary. Whitcomb is also co-author of The Genesis Flood which helped play a founding role in the modern "Creation Science" movement.

You can read more about Dr. Whitcomb on his website: www.whitcombministries.org.

Broadman Baptist Church
350 East Bath Road
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44223
330-923-6127

Click here, to go to our Lecture Series page where you can download a poster and PowerPoint slide to help advertise this event.

In this documentary Ben Stein raises tough questions like, “If evolution is a strong scientific model why do scientists that question Darwinism receive academic persecution?" And, "What affect has evolutionary thinking had upon the world?" Learn more in this entertaining and enlightening documentary by visiting the Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, movie website.

Starring: Ben Stein
MPAA Rating: PG
Genre: Documentary
Run Time: 90 minutes

A suggested donation of $2 per person will help to cover the cost of this event.

Northside Christian Church in Wadsworth

The Voyage That Shook The World was shown during the week of Creation Fair on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings, May 11, 13 and 15th from 6-7 pm. Ticket cost was $2 per person.

Sign up for our free mailing list and we will notify you when this documentary is released to the public on DVD.

Scholars debate whether the Star of Bethlehem is a legend created by the early church or a miracle that marked the advent of Christ. Is it possible that the star was a real astronomical event?

Click here, to read more, view movie trailers and see our second showing date in November.

Suggested donation $2 per person ($8 per family).
Please RSVP by phone (330.665.3466) or email.

We had a fossil dig activity table in the children’s area at the convention as well as a Museum in a Backpack presentation with our museum Operations Director Josiah Detwiler.

Click here, to learn more about this annual convention.

Dr. Whitcomb's lecture schedule:

Malone University lecture, April 2nd at 7:30 pm
This lecture was free and open to the public.

Middlebranch Grace Brethren Church
Friday through Sunday, April 3-5th for various services.

Dr. Whitcomb will be back in Northeast Ohio in June to give a lecture for the Akron Fossils & Science Center's lecture series on June 13 from 7-8 pm at Broadman Baptist Church in Cuyahoga Falls. Read more...

Have you ever wondered if dinosaurs and lizards were the same thing? In this family friendly show-and-tell presentation, Marissa Dubina will share remarkable features in reptiles that show clear evidence for a Designer!

Suggested donation $2 per child | Read More…

In this lecture, Todd Styer examined why the ancient Chinese incorporated such an extensive uncanny knowledge of the book of Genesis into their written language. Todd also discussed how scholars can be certain that the God of the Bible was once worshiped in ancient China!

You can purchase a DVD of Todd presenting this very same lecture at the Science Center in 2008. The book God’s Promise to the Chinese People is also for sale in our Gift Shop. This book describes, in detail, the same information that Todd presented in his fascinating lecture.

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Our expertly embroidered Akron Fossils & Science Center (AFSC) logo shirts are available in our Gift Shop and can be ordered by phone (330.665.3466) or by email.

We have several different sizes and designs with prices ranging from $15-$20. More...

We are in need of some volunteer help to assist us with painting and re-sealing our storage rooms.

Please call or email us at (330) 665-3466.

Rules:
1. Build a dinosaur snow sculpture
2. Take a picture of your dinosaur by itself
3. Take another picture of your dinosaur with everyone who helped build it
4. Submit your photos by mail or e-mail (your pictures may be posted in the museum, on our website, or in our publications. Photos will not be returned)
5. Your dinosaur must be made mostly of snow
6. Only children under the age of 16 are eligible to participate

WINNERS!
Winners will be announced in the spring edition of Truassic Times! The first place winner will be awarded a fascinating illustrated book about the Ice Age from our gift shop.

A special thanks to our fund-raiser helpers and volunteers who each went beyond the call of duty.

Thank you Aaron, Abbey, Brooke, Calvin, Cara, Chad, Cindy, David, DeAnna, Debbie, Elizabeth, Emily, Fred & Christy, Gail, Heather, Janie, Joani, Karen, Katelyn, Lucy, Lynn, Mary, Melody, Nathan, Rachel, Shelly, and Stephen, we could not have pulled off the evening so well without your help!

With a receding economy and a slightly lower turnout than in years past our staff wondered how well our annual Silent Auction and Pasta Dinner would do. Our November 1st fund-raiser results exceeded our expectations and a grand total of $8,765 was raised for the Science Center!

Our heartfelt thanks go out to each of our kind supporters who gave generously in spite of tumultuous economic times. Thank you for your support!

Click here to see a list of lecture titles now available to you on DVD from our Gift Shop. To make an order, please call or email us at the Science Center.

Read our most recent edition of our quarterly newsletter and find out how our summer activities went at the Science Center, and learn about our plans for the months ahead.

You can subscribe to Truassic Times and receive your own copy of our newsletter in the mail for free. Or if you’d like to save paper, just sign up for the e-mail version only (or both).

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Look for our Dino-Mite Birthday Parties in the October edition of the Akron Family Magazine.

Does our genuine Ica Burial Stone from Peru show evidence that man and dinosaurs lived together? Come to our new dinosaur and man artifact unveiling with special guided tours highlighting other new exhibits at the Science Center as well.

Special guided tours of our new exhibits will be given from 12-5 p.m. at regular admission cost.

Find a theater that is showing Expelled on the Expelled movie website.