2nd - 8th graders: Learn about how fossils are created, and a little bit about the fossils Museum of World Treasures (MOWT) has at the museum. (MOWT's Ivan the T-rex is the 8^th most complete T-rex on display!). At the end use air-dry clay to make your own fossil imprint.

Registration is required.  Online registration opens May 18.  Children in grades 2-4 register online.  Youth in grades 5+ can register by emailing Teen Librarian, Maggie Hairabedian, at mhairabedian@newtonplks.org.

Presenters: Education Manager Matt Dwier and Celia Lin, Education Specialist – Youth Programs

Celia Lin is the Education Assistant in our Programs Department. In 2016, Celia received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Angelo State University, in San Angelo, TX. Her internship in the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark archives led her to pursue a Master of Arts in Public History at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA.

In 2020 Celia and her husband moved to Wichita to be closer to her family. Shortly after she became a volunteer splitting her time between collections and education to keep her museum experience fresh. She is excited to begin working at the Museum of World Treasures.

Matt Dwier graduated from Kansas State University in 2016 with two bachelors’, one in Secondary Education with a focus in Social Studies, and the other in History.  Following this he began working in public education as a substitute teacher in the Wichita area.  This was followed up with him becoming a social studies teacher at Junction City High School teaching sophomore world history and freshmen geography.  Matt began pursuing his masters’ degree in history at Wichita State in 2020, graduating in 2022.  A passionate lover of history, Matt is delighted at his opportunity to work in a museum.