Paleontologist By: Isaac Busse
"Kings of all fossils and prehistoric remains"
Basic information about your career
- You will work over 40 hours a week
- Study fossilized remains of plants and animals
- Trace the evolution of plants and animals
- You lead expeditions
- Learn and study prehistoric times
- Study how the earth and atmosphere caused the plants and animals to die
- Gets to handle old artifacts of ancient ruins
- Deals with old history of the earth
- Fossils that get to be held and used in experiments
- Labs and scientists
Pros and cons of this career
What do you need to do to succeed in this career?
- Physical science if passed previous science course
- General science if didn't pass previous science course
College Courses
- Geosciences, various courses within geosciences in order to prepare for the real class, and its also your chose of what you wanna do.
- Paleontology training, the basic information of what you're gonna need to know about paleontology.
What colleges can you attend to earn a degree for this career?
Virginia Tech at Blacksburg Virginia, or 222 Burruss Hall Blacksburg, 24061, pros- awesome working environment, good teachers and school community, cons- some classes are to big exspecially freshman year, poor kithcen access with weak dorm rooms, and cold and windy indoor during winter
University of Michigan at Fleming Administration Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, pros- It's a well known school, has good academics, web address- could not find one same with the other schools. cons- known as one of the party schools, to big of a campus which isn't good, Dorms aren't all that nice.
Associations/Professional organization for this career
1.1259 Trumansburg Road| Ithaca| NY 14850| Ph: (607) 273-6623Fax: (607)273-6620
Hours:Summer: Mon-Sat: 10-5; Sun: 11-5| Winter: Mon, Thurs-Sat: 10-5; Sun: 11-5
2.Cayuga Nature Center| 1420 Taughannock Blvd| Ithaca, NY 14850| Ph: (607)273-6260|Fax: (607) 273-1719
Hours:Summer: Daily: 9-5| Winter: Thurs-Sun: 10-4
Job Advertisement
HELP WANTED!!!!!!!!!!
We need your help for a job in paleontology, we are going to expect you to want to go out on expeditions and find remains from historical creatures and fossils. Your pay will be $44,730 to $112,630 per year, and you would need some education in advanced Algebra at least, also the Government requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in paleontology. You'd also need a Geosciences/ Geological and Earth sciences, or a bachelor degree. If you don't really know what Paleontology job is about its a lot like archeology, rocks, fossils, old stuff, etc, so now you can get an idea of what paleontology is all about. Paleontologist work over 40 hours a week when they are leading expeditions or studying the traces and evolution of the earth. Paleontologist study fossils, plants and animals found on or in the the earth. Paleontologist study fossils and they trace the development of plants and animals life on the earth in it's prehistoric times. They write papers that explain the changes on the earth and atmosphere that caused the plants and animals to die. We want your interest or opportunity for you to come work with us in Paleontology to work with plants, rocks & minerals, fossils, etc then this is the job for you. For more information or if you want to have this job call 1-800-888-fossils