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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 - 5th
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Students have probably already studied dinosaurs in school, but they may not have learned much about the process by which paleontologists locate, excavate, and study dinosaurs. They write journal entries pretending they are on a dinosaur dig. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students analyze the information used by linguists to construct the evolution of languages. They research different dating techniques to explain how scientists infer age with evidence. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explain what can be learned from fossils and in doing so, realize the difference between fact and theory (idea). They also gain a general understanding of how fossils are formed. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students explore how scientists determine what prehistoric animals looked like based on their bones. They draw a picture of the skull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex by copying an image from an overhead or book. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students investigate fossils and how they are formed through viewing photographs of actual fossils on the World Wide Web; students create spreadsheets to display collected data, and create their own fossils. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students gain a broader understanding of new scientific research about the life cycle of the Tyrannosaur, and translate their knowledge into the creation of an illustrated studenT book produced and created by the entire class. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students will understand what can be learned from fossils and in doing so, realize the difference between fact and theory (idea). They will also gain a general understanding of how fossils are formed. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify and describe rocks that contain records of the earth's history and explain how they were formed. They formulate questions about and identify needs and problems related to objects and events in the environment, and explore possible answers and solutions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are explained that the Burgess Shale is an area in the western Canadian Rocky Mountains discovered in 1909 by Charles D. Walcott and named for a nearby mountain, Mount Burgess. They are given a list of names of animals found in the Burgess Shale, and students research their given topic. Full Review »
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