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- 3rd - 12th
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Students experience how difficult it is to interpret a paleontological discovery while being in a classroom environment. They use wooden models of selected dinosaurs to demonstrate a procedure a field paleontologist may use. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students demonstrate understanding of a model building. They demonstrate use of the problem solving process of putting unknown entities together in a sequential manner. They demonstrate how to answer questions related to an organism's structural a Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students simulate a paleontological dig and construct a dinosaur. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students study the professional field of paleontology. They practice using digging and observation techniques that are used by paleontologists. Then they experiment with measurement techniques and concepts. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students dig for and discover fossils in a classroom setting. They dig on a tarp to find, map, assemble, and photograph their discoveries. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the type of evidence that is found at a typical dinosaur dig. They create rubbing casts of bone impressions on paper and, using bones, identify dinosaurs. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore the work of paleontologists and the life of dinosaurs and create a sculpture of the bones of a Stegosaurus. The sculpture was then buried and used by other classes for a dig. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students engage in a role-play of a dinosaur excavation dig. They dig through sand to locate buried bones and then discuss the ethics of destroying buildings and other property to get at the fossil remains. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research 1880s paleontological expeditions using correspondence between paleontologist Othniel Marsh and local farmer Marshall Felch, plan and determine budget for 1880's expedition, and determine budget for expedition in current year. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students will comprehend the use of simple grids and the basic principles and skills used on a paleontological dig, such as the Illampi Mound Colony. They incorporate a systematic investigation. Students analyze a variety of different quadrants within this lesson. Full Review »
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