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Scientists Study Dinosaur "Mummy" Lesson PlanScientists Study Dinosaur "Mummy" Lesson Plan
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2nd - 6th
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2008
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Scientists Study Dinosaur "Mummy"

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Students share ideas about how scientists know about dinosaurs, then read a news article about the recently found remains of a hadrosaur. In this dinosaur lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a class discussion and vocabulary activity, then students read the news report and answer comprehension questions. Lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.

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dinosaurs, fossils, paleontology, mummification, mummies

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dinosaur, fossil, mummification, paleontology, science

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