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Fifth graders examine the fossil footprints of two and four legged dinosaurs. Using this information, they try to determine how the dinosaurs lived their lives. They use their own walking pattern to compare it to the dinosaurs and relate their patterns to those animals who are already extinct.

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5th
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Science
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Inquiry-Based Learning

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