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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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- 1st - 6th
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Students make their own dinosaur that they can name after themselves. They use their imagination in identifying dinosaurs, classify dinosaurs eggs "dinosaur" eggs and examine real fossils and explain which animal they are from. 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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- 2nd - 4th
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Students identify dinosaurs and their babies. They learn what a fossil is and make their own fossils. 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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- 3rd - 5th
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Students visit a variety of Internet sites and identify the kinds of information that can be deduced from a fossil and how a fossil forms. They differentiate between commonly known dinosaur facts and myths. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students complete a unit on dinosaurs. They explore various websites, create a dinosaur skeleton using pasta, construct a dinosaur diorama, write an essay, create a book about dinosaurs, and list and summarize theories about dinosaur extinction. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students trace the steps of a palentologist from determining where to look for dinosaur fossils to studying the completed dinosaur skeleton for clues about the dinosaur's behavior, diet, and anatomy. In teams, students take on the roles of paleontologists in the discovery of an imaginary dinosaur find, from determining the location of fossils, all the way to studying the reconstructed skeleton to learn about the organism. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students create a short story about a dinosaur, draw a picture about their story and create a diorama project around their dinosaur in this exciting Science lesson for the 4th or 5th grade classroom. Optional activities are also given. 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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