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Making Tracks

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Students participate in groups to show how two legged and four legged dinosaurs walked. Using fossilized footprints, they identify the two and four legged dinosaurs shown. They use the internet to determine what happen by a specific river when the dinosaurs were still alive.

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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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