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Current Space

Low Ceilings, No Dinos

Three Entryways

Multi-Use Space

Where in time?

No interactivity

Project Goals

Focus on Kansas

Add Introductory Areas

Separate Subjects in Time

Break up Long Hallways

Recreate environments1. Kansas Rocks!

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1. Kansas Rocks! A. Introductory Label B. Geologic Timeline C. 3D Kansas map D. Reading Rocks E. Unique formations F. Beneath the surface G. Natural Resources H. Drinking Spring

2. The Cenozoic 3. Cretaceous 4. Paleozoic

5. Paleolab

Kansas Rocks! Goals

Introduction to Geology of Kansas

Highlight Unique Features

See Kansas’s past in road-side cutouts

Different rocks are formed under different conditions

Introductory Graphic

Postcard-style illustrations of each element within exhibit

Sculpted Wall

Map

Allows visitors to preview, plan amount of time to spend

Timeline

Contains all specimens inexhibit

Colors used to code time throughout

Tracks changes in other categories Animals, Plants, Earth, Kansas

Illustrations of selected species and environments

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1B Geologic Timeline

Serves as an overview of the exhibit, places specimens in collection in the larger context of what was happening in the world. Ciolors used on the timeline are used as accent colors in exhbits within that time period.

TimelineEarly Sketches

Tube of Time Concept Early sketches

Natural Spring

Sculpted to look like one of Kansas’s many natural Springs

Alcove Springs

Water from runoff sinks into ground

Limestone acts like sponge

Shale like liner of pool

Drinking from spring, Health issues

3D Kansas Map

Shows different ages and elevations of Kansas rocks

Uplift and Erosion, and Changes in sea level

Layers color coded to timeline

Show where famous fi nds in the exhibit were made

To fi nd a particular type of animal, have to look in right layer

Reading Rocks

Identify Rocks

Touchable samples

Learn how different kinds of rocks formed in different environments

Sculpted pillar looks like roadside cut

Developed further

Reading RocksSketches

Sculpted wall with environments formed in

Rock forming interactive

Comic book style illustrations, Life of a Rock

Final interactive, shows layers being compacted

Unique Formations

Oversize postcards from locations

Rock City

Castle Rock

Monument Rocks

Slanted Rail beneath includes info on location, how they were formed, and unique local signage

Beneath the Surface & Natural Resources

Left, Core SamplesHow collected

Pull-out tabs, when, what layers tell about environment

Right, Oversize PostcardHugoton, KS

2nd Largest Nat. GasReserves in world

Limestone for building

Ogallala Aquifer

Roadtrip Theater

On location reporting from many of sites in the exhibit

More like being there

Front end, back wall, and seats from old station wagon

Decorated old signs, highway markings

Push radio buttons in dash to select movie want

Interface looks like map, with photos pinned to it near locations

Video Interface

1. Kansas Rocks!

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Cretaceous

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1. Kansas Rocks! A. Introductory Label B. Geologic Timeline C. 3D Kansas map D. Reading Rocks E. Unique formations F. Beneath the surface G. Natural Resources H. Drinking Spring

2. The Cenozoic 3. Cretaceous 4. Paleozoic

5. Paleolab

Summary