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Curated OER

Unesco: Canada: Dinosaur Provincial Park

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to its particularly beautiful scenery, Dinosaur Provincial Park - located at the heart of the province of Alberta's badlands - contains some of the most important fossil discoveries ever made from the 'Age of Reptiles', in...
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Curated OER

New Jersey Fossils: Duckbilled Dinosaur

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Skeleton of a duckbilled dinosaur or Edmontosaurus, a type of Hadrosaur.
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Curated OER

Artist's Impression of the Dinosaur.

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR reports on a team of Chinese paleontologists that discovered the fossilized remains of a small flying dinosaur with four wings.
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Seeker

Seeker: 142 Million Year Old Dino Footprints Found

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on the discovery of two fossilized dinosaur footprints in Germany and what researchers have been able to learn from the find.
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University of California

Ucmp: Birds Decendents of Dinosaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California, Berkeley contains general information and links to information about the fossil record of birds, the life history of birds, the systematics of birds, and the morphology of birds.
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Other

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

For Students 9th - 10th
This site can be viewed in 3 different languages. When a language is chosen information about the institute comes up and icons are presented for more information.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Buried Bones

For Students 3rd - 8th
A how-to science project with instructions to make a complete dinosaur bone dig site burying chicken bones in plaster of Paris. Click on the starred words to learn more about the topic.
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Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Frannie the Prenoceratops

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what a fossil named "Frannie" can tells us about a herbivorous dinosaur called the Prenoceratops, a cousin of Triceratops. View a taxonomy table, learn about this dinosaur's physical features, and interact with skeleton to learn...
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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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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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Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet the Gorgosaur

For Students 9th - 10th
What do fossils tell us about the Gorgosaurus and how it compares to T. rex? Learn about the size and diet of this "fearsome lizard", and read about the various injuries of Dinosphere's Gorgosaur fossil. Also, "Gorgosaur 360" lets you...
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Troodon Formosus

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canadian Museum of Nature looks at one of the rarest of dinosaurian fossils - the Troodon Formosus.
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Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Kelsey the Triceratops

For Students 9th - 10th
What does a fossil named "Kelsey" tell us about the Triceratops horridus? Learn what the fossils say about this dinosaur's defense system, diet, and size. Be sure to click the "See the skeleton" link to interact with and learn about...
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Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Bucky the Teenage T Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
See what a T. rex fossil named "Bucky" tells us about Bucky's life in the late Cretaceous Period and about T. rex in general.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: Pterosaur Found in Utah Quarry Had 110 Teeth

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the unusual characteristics of a pterosaur discovered in Utah. Includes video.
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Other

The Royal Tyrrell Muesum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes exhibits of the museum, school programs, public programs, research and resources, etc.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Dino Detectives

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders will learn about prehistoric life in Utah.
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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Prehistoric Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The focus of this guide is on exploring the massive ancient creatures that roamed the Earth millions of years ago.
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PBS

Pbs: Where to Dig

For Students 3rd - 8th
Dinosaurs have intrigued us for many years. As we explore to learn more we need to know where to look. In which type of rock would you find dinosaur fossils? This brief interactive provides real world application for rock characterization.
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Other

Hvpm: Mass Extinctions

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the mass extinctions throughout earth history. Each mass extinction has a link to its own page with a list of its possible causes and the species that were most affected.
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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Motherly Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the idea of live birth in prehistoric reptiles.
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University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky: Earth Science Classroom Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of links to activities and lessons that could be used for Earth science concepts including the foil record, creating a timeline of Earth's history, plate tectonics, dinosaurs, and the progression of life on Earth.
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EL Education

El Education: Get a Clue

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This nonfiction children's book was created by 1st grade students at the Genesee Valley Community Charter School in Rochester, New York, as part of a learning expedition on fossils and local geological history. The expedition consisted...
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Other

Catastrophism and Mass Extinctions

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Walter and Luis Alverez's theory that a large meteorite crashed into earth causing huge tidal waves, showers of ash, and an enormous dust cloud.

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