Visit Museum Collection Visit Bingo and print one copy of this game card for each player, refreshing the page before each print, or have the players print their own bingo cards. These instructions will not be printed. You can also select an embeddable card only version of the game or a multiple card version of the game when playing on line, or with a smart phone.
Click/Mark each block when you see or hear these words and phrases. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "NATURE PAPER!!!". Or play as a drinking game and for every block you mark off, take a sip, and finish your drink each time you get five blocks in a row.
On loan to researcher for past 25 years | Fossil on exhibit covered in layer of dust | Radioactive fossil | Fossil repaired with Elmer's glue | Plaster panel mount |
Specimen in pieces on bottom of specimen tray because it was glued with archival consolidants | Fossil breaks when you touch it | Uncatalogued material | In display case and inaccessible | Archival beer flat holding specimen |
Green cyanoacrylate glue | Fossil away on tour | MUSEUM COLLECTION VISIT BINGO (free square) | Tray of non-diagnostic bone shards lovingly numbered and cradled in archival foam | Drawer falls out of cabinet when you pull it out |
Tray of paratypes | Scary-looking latex mold of specimen in drawer | On loan to researcher who has been deceased for 25 years | Museum staff wants co-authorship on any paper you publish | Holotype missing |
Caught singing in a loud voice when you thought you were alone | Holotype on loan | In display case and inaccessible until they find out who your graduate advisor was | Gel capsule congealed around microfossil | White-out used to label specimen |