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- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate a specific dinosaur; produce a poster relating what is known or speculated about where and how the dinosaur lived to the physical features of the dinosaur. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students create a diorama depicting Mesozoic sea life. They color a template and add shells and pebbles to the diorama to depict the ocean floor. Full Review »
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- 8th - 9th
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Students examine the geology of Connecticut, including plate tectonics, glaciation, and fossil formation. After reviewing past lessons, they write essays about what life may have been like in the Mesozoic Period. Following a field trip to a museum, students take quizzes and discuss the impact of the mineral industry on their state. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students work together in groups to research the characteristics of the Mesozoic Era. Using various sources, they must include information about climate, landforms, plants and animals found during this time period. They create a timeline on banner paper and connect it with the other groups in the class. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students study the geology of Arkansas from 225 million years ago to 65 million years ago. They discover they types of strata laid down by the Gulf of Mexico. They examine the economic importance to the community. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students create a "TV" film about the geologic time line of the Earth including illustrations representing the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era as well as the four types of fossils. They draw conclusions about "What happened before," using fossils or charts and tables. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students review units of geologic times such as the Tertiary unit in the Cenozic Era. They subdivide the span of Earth's history and generate a way of showing how fossils indicate the changes in the Earth. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students review and study Precambrian-Quaternary periods, part of the Cenozoic Era, and complete a time line. They research what the Earth was like during the the Precambrian and Quaternary periods as well as the Earth cycles and how they are changed by forces such as earthquakes, glaciers and wind. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students create a classroom mural of the dinosaurs living in the Mesozoic era. They choose from a Triassic, Jurassic, or Cretaceous species to depict in the three panel mural. Each student researches and draws a different dinosaur species to scale. Full Review »
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- Pre-K - 3rd
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Students investigate the history of dinosaurs, as real animals. In this dinosaur lesson plan, students examine basic concepts that help them understand the history of all life. Included in this article is information on the world of the dinosaurs during the Mesozoic era, such as the changes that were taking place on Earth at that time, and a photo collage introducing the Smithsonian Institution.
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