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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students practice developmental skills while learning about dinosaurs. They trace dinosaur stencils on drawing paper. They make dinosaur rubbings using stencils, crayons and paper. Full Review »
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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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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students trace dinosaur stencils on drawing paper, then make dinosaur rubbings using stencils, crayons and paper. They write the names of the dinosaurs they draw. 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 - 5th
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Students work together to research dinosaur bones that were found in Oklahoma. They gather information and organize their data. They share their information with the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students complete puzzles of dinosaurs. They compare each piece of the puzzle to a fossil and simulate a scientist's role in learning about dinosaurs. 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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- 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 »

