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Digging For Dinosaurs

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In this dinosaur themed activity, students work together as a team of paleontologists to draw the dinosaur bones they discovered at a dig site. They must label their drawing on a grid map and then provide data about the length and height of their discovery. Next students complete 3 fill in the blank questions where they name the type of dinosaur they discovered and give 2 facts about the dinosaur.

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dinosaurs, paleontology

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dig sites, digging for dinosaur bones, dinosaurs, paleontologists, science
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3rd - 5th
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Science
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