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.
| Radioactive fossil | Fossil in curator's office | Specimen inaccessible because forklift has broken down | Scary-looking latex mold of specimen in drawer | Fossil not in collection, no loan tag |
| Plaster panel mount | Fossil repaired with Elmer's glue | Holotype on loan | Fossil located in collection only after they find out who your graduate advisor was | Tray of paratypes |
| #!*%$ ichnotype | Theropod bone misidentified as fish cranial element | MUSEUM COLLECTION VISIT BINGO (free square) | Specimen in pieces on bottom of specimen tray because it was glued with archival consolidants | Fish cranial element misidentified as theropod bone |
| On loan to researcher who has been deceased for 25 years | Plaster obscures important anatomy | Fossil on exhibit covered in layer of dust | Museum staff wants co-authorship on any paper you publish | Overprepped fossil |
| Tray of non-diagnostic bone shards lovingly numbered and cradled in archival foam | Uncatalogued material | Accidentally locked out of collection after going to the restroom | Fossil suddenly inaccessible when they find out who your collaborators are | Fossils available when you schedule your visit, suddenly unavailable when you arrive |