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Does anyone know the mode of life for nummulites, hydnoceras, and any information of astraeospongia? I can't seem to find anything online and your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Do we need to know the mineral and organic components of a skeleton? Does anyone know any good references that can provide this information? Thanks!

kphnx27 wrote:Do we need to know the mineral and organic components of a skeleton? Does anyone know any good references that can provide this information? Thanks!

Yes, we do.
I would recommend the Simon and Schuster's Guide to Fossils and the Firefly Guide to Fossils, along with the book that that national site recommended. Since not every entry in any of the books mentions that, you may have to look in all of these sources to find what you need.

anyone have any idea how many stations on average they have on states? more specifically, in ny?
the ny metro regionals was 20 stations, 2 min each. O.o

how long were yur regionals/invitationals?

The person who made the regional event is also doing it at State.

They base it off of the number of teams. So with 20 teams a spot, it would be 20 stations. I dont remember how many teams are at states, and Im too lazy to check, but divide the total number of teams by 3 and that will be the amount of stations.

gneissisnice wrote:They base it off of the number of teams. So with 20 teams a spot, it would be 20 stations. I dont remember how many teams are at states, and Im too lazy to check, but divide the total number of teams by 3 and that will be the amount of stations.

That is not correct. The number of stations is entirely up to the event writer and may be determined by the content to be covered or the specimens available rather than the number of teams. Obviously one has to accommodate all of the teams in a block (which is 18 at West Point), but one could do that by having two sets of nine stations. I know they did that a couple of years ago in Metric Mastery.

My coach just put me on this event with 3 weeks to go before competition. I guess I better start studying!

croman74 wrote:My coach just put me on this event with 3 weeks to go before competition. I guess I better start studying!

well...good luck studying for it on such a short notice...there's rather a lotta stuff to study for..

Flavorflav wrote:

gneissisnice wrote:They base it off of the number of teams. So with 20 teams a spot, it would be 20 stations. I dont remember how many teams are at states, and Im too lazy to check, but divide the total number of teams by 3 and that will be the amount of stations.

That is not correct. The number of stations is entirely up to the event writer and may be determined by the content to be covered or the specimens available rather than the number of teams. Obviously one has to accommodate all of the teams in a block (which is 18 at West Point), but one could do that by having two sets of nine stations. I know they did that a couple of years ago in Metric Mastery.

Yes, but the writer of the NY test is also the coach of my Jr. High, and that's always how he does it.