American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Buried Bones
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.
Children's Museum
Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Frannie the Prenoceratops
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...
Children's Museum
Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Stan the T. Rex
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.
TVOntario
Tvo Kids: Dino Dig
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...
Children's Museum
Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet the Gorgosaur
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...
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Troodon Formosus
The Canadian Museum of Nature looks at one of the rarest of dinosaurian fossils - the Troodon Formosus.
Children's Museum
Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Kelsey the Triceratops
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...
Children's Museum
Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Bucky the Teenage T Rex
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.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Pterosaur Found in Utah Quarry Had 110 Teeth
Read about the unusual characteristics of a pterosaur discovered in Utah. Includes video.
Other
The Royal Tyrrell Muesum
This site includes exhibits of the museum, school programs, public programs, research and resources, etc.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Dino Detectives
Fourth graders will learn about prehistoric life in Utah.
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Prehistoric Life
The focus of this guide is on exploring the massive ancient creatures that roamed the Earth millions of years ago.
PBS
Pbs: Where to Dig
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.
Other
Hvpm: Mass Extinctions
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.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Motherly Reptiles
Explore the idea of live birth in prehistoric reptiles.
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky: Earth Science Classroom Activities
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.
EL Education
El Education: Get a Clue
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...
Other
Catastrophism and Mass Extinctions
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.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Irritator
This drawing shows the possible appearance of Irritator, a dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period (around 110 million years ago). Fossil remains of this Theropod dinosaur are limited but scientists estimate that it grew to around 8...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Argentinosaurus
This drawing shows the possible appearance of Argentinosaurus, a dinosaur from the mid Cretaceous Period (around 95 million years ago). The Argentinosaurus was a Sauropod that lived in South America, its remains were first discovered by...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Velociraptor Fighting Protoceratops
This picture shows a replica of an amazing fossil that captured a Velociraptor and Protoceratops fighting in the heat of battle. The fossil was discovered in 1971 in Mongolia and is considered a national treasure by the country. For more...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Abrictosaurus
This drawing shows the possible appearance of Abrictosaurus, a dinosaur from the early Jurassic Period (around 200 million years ago) that weighed around 45 kg (100 lb) and reached around 1.2 m (4 ft) in length. The fossil remains of...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Avaceratops
This drawing shows the possible appearance of Avaceratops, a dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period. The first fossil remains of Avaceratops were found in 1981 in Montana, USA. Like other Ceratopsian dinosaurs, Avaceratops was a...
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Nanshiungosaurus
This drawing shows the possible appearance of Nanshiungosaurus, a dinosaur from the late Cretaceous Period. The incomplete fossil remains of two Nanshiungosaurus species were found in China but they were limited finds so not much is...
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