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Seeker

Seeker: Week of 5 19 14: Two New Huge Dinosaurs Discovered

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the discovery of two very large scale dinosaurs.
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BBC

Bbc Newsround: Week of 1 13 14: Dinosaur Bones Found in Saudi Arabia

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Article reports on dinosaur bones which have been discovered for the first time in Saudi Arabia.
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Who Should Own the Bones?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this dinosaur WebQuest for Grades 6-8, two college students find fossils in a park and try to sell them, discovering it is against the law. Students will examine the positions of people on opposite sides of the argument over the...
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Carnegie's Dinosaurs: Oviraptorosaur

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover the Oviraptorosaur in this impressive field guide presented by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
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Other

Clever Island: Dinosaurs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This primary age website requires no reading to construct the jigsaw dinosaur puzzle out of six pieces. The instructions are all spoken by the cartoon characters. Children can then watch a cartoon where one character goes back in time...
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Natural History Museum

Nhm: From Bodies to Bones and Back Again

For Students 9th - 10th
Can dinosaurs be recreated like in the movie Jurassic Park? This resource describes the reality of re-creating a genetic blueprint of dinosaurs.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Coelophysis

For Students 9th - 10th
The Coelophysis lived in the Late Triassic period over 215 million years ago. A large cache of Coelophysis bones were found in New Mexico in 1947 - the dinosaurs had apparently died of thirst. This fact file has more information and a...
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University of California

Ucmp: Building the Perfect Beast

For Students 9th - 10th
Gain an appreciation of what is involved in building a free standing mount of a forty-foot dinosaur skeleton. Text explanations are supplemented with excellent slide pictures of the actual work.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Dinosaur Leg Bones

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows two dinosaur leg bones. Figure 1 shows the right humerus of a Mandschurosaurus while figure 2 shows the right ulna of the same dinosaur. The photo was taken against a white background. For more interesting information...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Paleont O Logy: The Big Dig

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This colorful and inviting resource houses tons of paleontology activities to explore. Play the Layers of Time puzzle game, create your own make-believe dig site by burying chicken bones in plaster of Paris, learn how to draw dinosaurs,...
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TVOntario

Tvo Kids: Dino Dig

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this site students play the part of a paleontologist Students must first dig up dinosaur bones using special tools and then reconstruct the dinosaur skeleton back at the lab. Along the way, the students will learn interesting facts...
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Other

Hadrosaurus.com: Finding the World's First Dinosaur Skeleton:hadrosaurus Foulkii

For Students 9th - 10th
Hadrosaurus foulkii was the very first dinosaur skeleton ever found. It was excavated in 1858 from a field in New Jersey. The story of the discovery, the excavation and the huge impact this had on the scientific world are described in...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Dwarf Allosaurus

For Students 9th - 10th
A very brief look at the Dwarf Allosaur, revealed to scientists via a single bone found in Australia. Read about its size in comparison to the Allosaurus, and view several images.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Hadrosaurus Bones

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows a plate from an 1865 lithograph of fossilized Hadrosaurus bones. Hadrosaurus lived in the late Cretaceous Period (around 70 million years ago). It was a herbivore (plant eater) and moved on two legs.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Dinosaur Egg

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows a fossilized dinosaur egg. Just below the dinosaur egg is a ruler to help get an idea of its size. Dinosaur eggs have been found at over 200 different sites around the world. For more interesting information on...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Dinosaur Eggs

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows a pair of fossilized dinosaur eggs. They were found in Kaoguo Formation, Henan, China and were photographed while on display at the San Diego County Fair, California, USA. Dinosaur eggs vary in size depending on the...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Dinosaur Poop

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows a sample of fossilized dinosaur poop. Fossilized animal dung is also known as coprolite. This particular sample was found in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada. For more interesting information on dinosaur fossils check...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Dinosaur Track

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows the imprint of a large dinosaur track left in the ground. Dinosaur tracks are found all over the world and help give scientists a better understanding of dinosaur behaviour and anatomy.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Dinosaur Footprint

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows a fossilized dinosaur footprint found in the Lower Jurassic Moenave Formation in Utah, USA. Named Eubrontes, these types of footprints date from the late Triassic Period to the early Jurassic Period and are identified...
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McGraw Hill

Mc Grawl Hill: Dino Dig

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual lab allows you to do radiometric dating on dinosaur bones. You'll be using a mass spectrometer and utilizing several steps of the scientific method.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Play! Scholastic: You Dig?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Play this interactive game to uncover the bones of a dinosaur. Pick your favorite dinosaur then use the tools to find their bones. When completed , a picture will appear. Click on "factoid" to learn information on each dinosaur.
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Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Stan the T. Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
What can a fossil named "Stan" tell us about Tyrannosaurus rex? Read about paleontologists' findings about the T. rex diet, teeth, and brain thanks to Stan, and use an interactive skeleton to view and learn about T. rex's bones.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Spinosaurus Skull

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture is a diagram of a Spinosaurus skull. Spinosaurus lived in the Cretaceous Period (around 100 million years ago) and was a huge meat eating dinosaur, possibly the largest carnivorous dinosaur ever. For more information on this...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Ankylosaurus Skeleton

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows the restoration of an Ankylosaurus skeleton from side on. Ankylosaurus was a bulky dinosaur that lived at the end of the Cretaceous Period (around 66 million years ago). For more information on this interesting...

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