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This intergenerational course will present an overview of the changing life and environments in North America, with emphasis on Connecticut. It will consist of three classroom presentations plus field trips to Dinosaur State Park in Rocky Hill and the laboratory of the Yale Peabody Museum in New Haven. Topics discussed will include geologic epochs, especially the Jurassic and Triassic periods; the specific geologic history of Connecticut; the development of life on Earth; and the evolving climate, tectonics, and life during Connecticut’s Age of the Dinosaurs. Activities will include examination of rocks and fossils—among them a rock core taken at Dinosaur State Park that reveals changes in the environment—and dinosaur tracks (be sure to bring socks for stepping into dinosaur footprints!). Children (vaccinated and accompanied by adults) are welcome to participate.