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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Dinosaurs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used to spring discussions on fossils, geography, adaptations, as well as different kinds of dinosaurs. This can be a companion to The Magic School Bus chapter book, Dinosaur...
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Other

Strange Science: Palenotology Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A large timeline containing major events in the history of paleontology and biology.
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Other

Mammoth Site Geology

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the website for The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs, South Dakota. The Mammoth Site boasts the largest concentration of mammoths in the world. You can tour this indoor active dig site and view Ice Age fossils. The site offers a video...
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Unit Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Fossils: Footprints Across Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Smithsonian Education presents "Fossils: Footprints Across Time." Teachers can download this teaching package that introduces students to the study of fossils. Students will discover what fossils can teach us about the Earth as it was...
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Fossils: Lesson 6

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how fossils can be used to determine evolutionary relationships. It is 6 of 6 in the series titled "Fossils."
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Early Dinosaur Discoveries in North America

For Students 9th - 10th
This survey of early dinosaur discoveries in North America discusses the first dinosaur specimens and the scientific debate that they inspired.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Adaptations and Environmental Change an Assessment

For Teachers 3rd
Use this assessment to see what your students have learned about adaptations. This type of assessment allows students to observe and make open-ended claims backed up by evidence. Included are a power point presentation, student quiz, and...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Fossils

For Students 1st - 9th
A site for students to explore the Earth science subject of fossils including the ways fossils form, types such as trace and body, fun facts, collecting, and where they are found.
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Week of 1 13 14: Dinosaur Bones Found in Saudi Arabia

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Article reports on dinosaur bones which have been discovered for the first time in Saudi Arabia.
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Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Amazing Giant Turtle Bone Discovery

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Article reports on the discovery of a giant turtle bone.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Dinosaurs for Kids

For Students 1st - 8th
Dinosaurs: Kids learn about these ancient animals that wondered the Earth thousands of years ago. We know about them from studying fossils.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Fossils Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents interesting facts about fossils.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Types of Fossils

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes four different kinds of fossils and how they form.
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Fossils

For Students K - 1st
What is a fossil? Find out how fossils are formed, where fossils are found, and dating a fossil.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Dinosaur Facts and Information

For Students 2nd - 8th
Read a brief history of dinosaurs and how fossils are formed. Learn about the three main dinosaur periods, plant-eating dinosaurs, meat-eating dinosaurs, the end of dinosaurs, and other interesting facts.
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Curated OER

Dr. Tim Rowe Poses With Elephant Bird Egg.

For Students 9th - 10th
"A scanning device most commonly seen in hospitals is reshaping the science of paleontology by allowing researchers to peer inside irreplaceable fossils without damaging them." Find out what scientists are now able to see that they've...
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Curated OER

Cat Scan Image of the Insides of an Elephant Bird Egg.

For Students 9th - 10th
"A scanning device most commonly seen in hospitals is reshaping the science of paleontology by allowing researchers to peer inside irreplaceable fossils without damaging them." Find out what scientists are now able to see that they've...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Fossilized Skull of Archaeopteryx

For Students 9th - 10th
"A scanning device most commonly seen in hospitals is reshaping the science of paleontology by allowing researchers to peer inside irreplaceable fossils without damaging them." Find out what scientists are now able to see that they've...