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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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- 1st - 2nd
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Students investigate how fossils help us discover the Earth's past. They explain what a fossil is. They explain how we use fossils to study the past. They draw a picture of a paleontologist finding a fossil. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students search for fossils in a simulated archeology site and explore how paleontologists mark out a dig site. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students define words such as fossil and paleontologist. They make their own clay fossil. They write a story about how they discovered their fossil. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students study how fossils are formed, explain the work of a paleontologist, and show how dinosaur bone are discovered and transported to a museum. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 10th
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Students model a paleontologist's activities. They identify dinosaur bones and reassemble them into a skeleton of an extinct reptile. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students collect and analyze data about Utah fossils, recognize different features of a fossil that a Paleontologist looks at, infer what the dinosaur looked like, speculate about where the fossil might be found, and create their own fossils. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students discover what a paleontologist is and how he/she digs up fossils. Students become familiar with famous paleontologists and archeologists. They become aware of the similarities between paleontologists and archeologists. Also, students use the internet (CareerZone) to explore about careers, such as paleontologists and archeologists. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students research the person who discovers fossils or studies the dinosaurs, nor do they know what a paleontologist's job entails. We would like to acquaint students with the work of the paleontologist--the tools, excitement (and the math) that accompany scientific discoveries. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students act as paleontologists and attempt to figure out the environment where various fossils would have existed. They explain how fossils can be used to make inferences about past life, climate, geology, and environments. Full Review »
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