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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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- 4th - 6th
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Students demonstrate understanding of prehistoric animals by creating models of them. They create prehistoric creatures by constructing a three-dimensional model. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research the ice age and the animals that were on the Earth at that time and have a debate on the explanation for the extinction of the ice age animals. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students research prehistoric life using educational software. They design a prehistoric life while showing the use of appropriate scale and names for the prehistoric life. They follow an internet link to participate in a virtual field trip to watch a dinosaur egg hatch. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students infer the connection among humans, animals, and disease through the interpretation of concept maps. They are introduced to the idea of a connection human disease and the domestication of animals. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students draw names of dinosaurs out of a hat and write a report about the one they picked. Students write a riddle about their favorite prehistoric animal, post it on a bulletin board, and have other guess which animal it is about. Students define the unknown words in the story. Students create time lines of when different types of dinosaurs lived. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students work in groups to measure three measurements onto butcher paper. They then figure out which prehistoric animal they measured. Students research five facts about their prehistoric animal. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students begin their examination of the prehistoric period in Illinois. As a class, they discuss the role of archaeology in history and how it helps learn more about native peoples. After examining each period, they develop their own conclusions about how people lived during the time period. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts related to the creation of imitation prehistoric artifacts. They paint pots using creative patterns that are copied or created under the influence of samples included in the online gallery. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students study about prehistoric artwork and use watercolor to create a primitive wall scene. They read the November 2005 issue of Scholastic Art Ice Age Art/Working with Line. Students discuss how early images created by humans were drawn and painted with quick, sketchy, thick and thin lines. Full Review »
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