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.
White-out used to label specimen | Gel capsule congealed around microfossil | Fossil repaired with Elmer's glue | Fish cranial element misidentified as theropod bone | Plaster panel mount |
Fossil in curator's office | Fossil suddenly inaccessible when they find out who your collaborators are | Scary-looking latex mold of specimen in drawer | Fossils available when you schedule your visit, suddenly unavailable when you arrive | Theropod bone misidentified as fish cranial element |
Uncatalogued material | Accidentally break a holotype | MUSEUM COLLECTION VISIT BINGO (free square) | On loan to researcher for past 25 years | Fossil located in collection only after they find out who your graduate advisor was |
In display case and inaccessible | Fossil not in collection, no loan tag | Specimen in pieces on bottom of specimen tray because it was glued with archival consolidants | Sharpie writing on fossil | Holotype on loan |
Tray of paratypes | Plaster obscures important anatomy | Fossil away on tour | Fossil breaks when you touch it | #!*%$ ichnotype |