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\nAmerican Museum of Natural History\n
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\nPaleontology Books\n

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\nA list of 11 books about paleontology offers titles, authors, and a brief description of the tale.\n
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\nBending Fossils: Experiments In Paleontology (Harvard Adventures, Part 3)\n

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\nHow can we bend a fossil? Junior paleontologists explore the joint movements of extinct species in Brain Scoop's Fossils and Geology series. The narrator works with a paleontology curator to show the experiments performed on the...\n
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\nWhat Do You Know About PaleontOLogy?\n

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\nBelieve it or not, some dinosaurs are not extinct. Discover this and other interesting facts about dinosaurs in a 10-question online quiz. As individuals answer questions, the resource provides them with feedback and additional facts...\n
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\nHow to Fossilize Yourself\n

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\nHere is an unusual question: How can I become a famous fossil for future generations to examine and adore? It is from this comical perspective that viewers learn how fossilization occurs. Show this for your middle school paleontologists...\n
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\nPaleo-Dig\n

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\nStudents 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...\n
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\nPracticing Paleontology\n

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\nIn this paleontology learning exercise, students use newspaper, fossils, a ruler, and more to discover what is inside a fossil. Students then answer 4 questions about their activity.\n
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\n\"Dinosaur!\n\n
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\nDinosaur! Fossil Rush: Tale of a Bone\n

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\nExplore 1870s when a \"bone rush\" led to amazing discoveries, as fossil-hunters risked life and limb in their quest for dinosaur remains. The class uses the attached visual encyclopedia to prep for a discussion on early paleontology. Two...\n
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\nGuess Who Came to Dinner!\n

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\nAn exceptionally creative approach is taken to assessing your biologists' grasp of natural selection concepts. They are to imagine hosting Charles Darwin for dinner and having, to their surpise, a few other noted scientists crash the...\n
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\nHunting Invertebrate Fossils in the Classroom\n

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\nStudents acquire a general knowledge of fossils and paleontology, the study of evidence of life in the past and identify the major invertebrate groups (phyla) commonly found in the fossil record.\n
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\nWhat is the Evidence for Evolution?\n

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\nStudents work in teams in this Webquest, to conduct research on selected Web sites and then report their findings. In this Evolution WebQuest, specialists (students) gather evidence from the fields of paleontology, anatomy and...\n
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\nWhen Dinosaurs Ruled The World\n

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\nStudents discover how a paleontologist digs up fossils and what tools they use.  In this paleontology lesson, students discuss the importance of the job of a paleontologist, watch a video on the process of extracting fossils, and...\n
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\nDig This: A Relief Sculpture of Dinosaur Bones\n

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\nThis is a truly amazing project. Perfect to use during your next dinosaur unit. Second and fifth graders work together to draw and make a relief sculpture of a nine foot-long stegosaurus. They discuss what paleontologists do and then...\n
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\nFossils\n

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\nStudents discuss the work of a paleontologist and examine several fossils and books on paleontology. They use clay and Plaster of Paris to create a cast of an object and compare this activity to the formation of fossils in nature.\n
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\nDaily Dig Checklist\n

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\nIf you are staging an archaeology or paleontology simulation, here is a checklist that you can post for your diggers. It lists reminders for how to prepare for the dig, as well as reminders for wrapping up. \n
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\nIntroduction to Paleontology Lab\n

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\nPupils engage in a lab which introduces them to fossils and paleontology. They examine eleven numbered boxes containing fossils which are related to the questions on this lab then answer questions on a lab sheet imbedded in this plan.\n
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\nGreat Minds: Mary Anning, \"The Greatest Fossilist in the World\"\n

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\nHow would you feel if you made a scientific discovery and weren't recognized because of your gender? Mary Anning basically founded paleontology, but she could never publish her own discoveries. From discovering how to clean fossils and...\n
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\nVARVES: Dating Sedimentary Strata: Geology, Paleontological Patterns\n

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\nStudents count the number of varves (annual layers of sediment) in shale billets, taken from the Green River Formation in Wyoming. The count is then extended to reflect the entire 260 meters of sediments where the billets originated.\n
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\nMapping the Bone Field: An Area and Scale Exercise\n

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\nHere is an excellent cross-curricular lesson. Learners relate multiplication to area by making a grid on graph paper, and then creating the same grid in real space outside in the school yard.\n
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\nFossil Kit II\n

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\nYoungsters examine four fossil replicas and chart their time periods, vertebrate or invertebrate, and the names of other organisms living at the same time. A specific fossil kit is available for sale if you do not have the same samples....\n
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\nFossil Find\n

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\nStudents investigate the practice of digging for fossils. They participate in a mock dig of fossils using real bones and other artifacts. Then students dig through sand in order to go through the simulation. Students make observations...\n
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\nFinding Dinosaurs\n

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\nExplorer Evan hosts this episode of \"Our World\" as he describes what a paleontologist does and how NASA helps these scientists work using remote sensing. Perfect for your first through third graders, this five-minute video shows the many...\n
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\nThe Dino Mummy, A Tour of the Body\n

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\nCasey Gardener takes your class to meet Leonardo, one of the most intact dinosaur mummies ever found. A prominent paleontologist takes you on a tour of the dinosaur's body, showing how fossils and mummies can tell the story of life as it...\n
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\nStudy Jams! Fossils\n

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\nBy viewing and reading these slides, your precious paleontologists learn what makes a fossil and what scientists can learn by studying them. Consider giving the website to pupils as homework. They can read the slides, take an assessment...\n
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\nArchaeology and Prehistoric Native Americans\n

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\nPupils study the terms paleontology and archaeology and examine how they can help us learn about prehistoric Native Iowans.  In this archaeology lesson students discuss these terms and view a video on Native Americans. \n
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