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Jurassic Park Debate

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Students research behavior, phsyiology, and ecology of dinoaurs. Students role-play as scientific specialists such as geneticists and ecologists. They present their research findings in a research paper.

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historical geology, vertebrate, science
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7th - 9th
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Science
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