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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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

For Students 9th - 10th
Anurognathus, from the Late Jurassic period, was a "tiny pterosaur and a cousin of the dinosaurs." Learn what the one fossil of this prehistoric animal, found in Bavaria, tells us about its diet, anatomy, and size. This resource includes...
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Mamenchisaurus Hochuanensis

For Students 9th - 10th
Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis was an herbivorous Sauropod from the Late Jurassic Period, first discovered in China. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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University of California

Ucmp: Dinosaurs, Movies, & Reality

For Students 9th - 10th
A very good review of how "movie science" can present an inaccurate or incomplete picture of actual scientific knowledge and methods.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
Zoom Dinosaurs is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs. It is designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic,...
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San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum: Dinosaur Dig

For Students 3rd - 5th
The San Diego Natural History Museum provides dinosaur lovers with plenty of information and fun facts with links to Finding Fossils and Dinosaur Bytes.
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Other

Earth History: The Paleomap Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Paleomap Project illustrates the plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during the past 1,100 million years.
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Other

University of Bristol: What Were the Dinosaurs, and How Did They Live?

For Students 9th - 10th
Answers to a series of nine questions related to dinosaurs. There are a number of links to other informative sites as well.
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Other

Georgia Perimeter College: The Mesozoic Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides an overview of the Mesozoic era, with details about each period of geological history.
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US Geological Survey

Usgs: Dinosaurs: Fact and Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive series of pages that answers a number of commonly asked questions about dinosaurs.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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

For Students 9th - 10th
Read information about the dolphin-shaped opthalmosaurus, and learn what fossil evidence tells us about this marine dinosaur's hunting, anatomy, and young. View a listing of quick facts about the opthalmosaurus' size and diet, and launch...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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

For Students 9th - 10th
Plateosaurus was one of the first "giant dinosaur herbivores" and evolved during the Late Triassic period. Learn what fossils teach us about this dinosaur's size, diet, migration habits, and anatomy.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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

For Students 9th - 10th
Diplodocus, a sauropod, "was the longest of the land animals" and its fossilized remains tell us much about its body type, weight, and diet. Read facts about this dinosaur and view several images showing what it looked like while alive.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Apatosaurus Excelsus O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the long-necked Apatosaurus Excelsus. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this herbivorous dinosaur.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Huayangosaurus Taibaii O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive card to start learning about the dinosaur, Huayangosaurus Taibaii. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this primitive stegosaur.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Mesozoic Era the Age of Dinosaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the Mesozoic Era, the age of dinosaurs.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Mamenchisauras

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canadian Museum of Nature looks the unusual and giant Mamenchisaurus.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mesozoic Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the basic information about the Mesozoic Era in Earth's geologic history.
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BBC

Bbc: Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
Several articles that trace the chronology of the dinosaur from the Triassic to the Cretaceous. Articles were written to accompany the BBC series, Walking with Dinosaurs.
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PBS

Nova: A Brief History of Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline is a good resource if you are looking for brief descriptions of the geologic periods. Descriptions include pictures of common organisms for each period and the range of time covered by each period.
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Other

Fossil Museum: Geologic Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictures of fossils are arranged in chronological sequence and by geologic period. Pictures include scientific names and location where the fossils were found.
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Read Works

Read Works: Monster of the North

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the skeleton of a plesiosaur, a giant sea monster, found by scientists near the North Pole. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Mesozoic Era Timeline and Important Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the Mesozoic Era, its time frame, geological and tectonic activities, the climate, plants and animals, and extinction events towards the end of this era.
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Other

Dino Dictionary: Profiles of Over 300 Known Dinosaurs!

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is a must for learning about dinosaurs. It profiles over 300 known species. It also lets you hear how to pronounce the name.
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Kidport

Kidport: Reference Library: Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
A nicely illustrated and informative site on dinosaurs from the Cambrian period until the Quaternary period.

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