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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: History of Mesozoic Life

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of life of the Mesozoic Era.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: History of Mesozoic Life

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An overview of life of the Mesozoic Era.
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Canal Kids: Dinossauros (Dinosaurs), a Era Dos Gigantes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A good introduction to dinosaurs for young Portuguese-speaking children. Uses an engaging writing style, cartoon-style graphics, and animation to teach about the Mesozoic era. Coverage includes types of dinosaurs and their features,...
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: History of Mesozoic Life Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this study guide to understand Mesozoic life.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Facts About the Jurassic Period

For Students 9th - 10th
The Jurassic Period falls within the Mesozoic Era. Read about geologic events that occurred then, the climate, and the plants and animals, including the many types of dinosaurs.
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Western Oregon University: Earth System Science: Geologic Time [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An 81-page slideshow that looks at the principles of geology with respect to relative dating, at different concepts describing geological processes, at absolute age and radiometric dating, at the eons and eras in the geologic time scale,...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Seas

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How shallow seas appeared and disappeared throughout the Paleozoic Era.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Paleozoic and Mesozoic Seas

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Reveals that during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic, six marine transgressions and regressions caused sea level to rise over the continents, leaving evidence in rocks in...
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Online Exhibitions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of exhibits that can be found online allowing students to research the museums' artifacts and displays. Exhibits include earth science and dinosaurs topics.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: The Meaning of Index Fossils Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the importance of index fossils for the dating and chronology of events in the fossil and geological records. Discusses uses and examples of index fossils in the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic Eras.
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Georgia Perimeter College: The Cretaceous Period

For Students 9th - 10th
Through this resource, in outline format, information is presented about the global setting and life in the Cretaceous.
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Who Dunnit to the Dinosaurs?

For Students 9th - 10th
"One of the great mysteries in science is the extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Mesozoic Era some 65 million years ago. Who (or more likely what) caused it is unknown and a subject of great debate." Many theories are touched...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Life & Geologic Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This Flipchart accompanies chapter 14 in the Glencoe Earth Science text. The flipchart contains pictures that help students learn about Geologic time: Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic and explains...
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Curated OER

Who Dunnit to the Dinosaurs?

For Students 9th - 10th
"One of the great mysteries in science is the extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Mesozoic Era some 65 million years ago. Who (or more likely what) caused it is unknown and a subject of great debate." Many theories are touched...