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Where Are the Dinosaurs?

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Students recognize that they haven't seen a dinosaur because they no longer exist. For this dinosaur lesson, students view videos and understand what the dinosaur habitat was like. Students role play dinosaurs. Students explore dinosaur egg models and discuss their survival in the habitat. Students make hatch-able dinosaur eggs.

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dinosaurs, extinction

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dinosaurs, extinction, science
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Grade
K - 2nd
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Science
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