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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Tyrannosaurus Rex

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Challenge scholars to read an informational text and answer 10 multiple-choice questions. The interactive's topic is the Tyrannosaurus Rex. 
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Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Tyrannosaurus Rex

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Eight questions follow an informational reading about the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Questions are multiple-choice and provide instant feedback.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

T. Rex Roar Mixer

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars predict the sound of a tyrannosaurus rex roar with a mixing board equipped with audio from crocodiles, chickens, loon, macaw, peccary, sea lion, and bison.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

What Do You Know About T. Rex?

For Students 6th - 12th
There's so much to learn about dinosaurs. A 10-question quiz tests knowledge of the more detailed characteristics of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. As individuals complete the quiz, they better understand how fossil records helped define some of...
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Activity
BBC

Walking with Dinosaurs

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Breath new life into your class's study of dinosaurs with this extensive collection of materials. Offering everything from a printable T-rex mask, word searches, and connect-the-dots activities to informational handouts, hands-on...
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

Dress up a T. Rex

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars play with an image's color and brightness to predict how tyrannosaurus rex's skin, feathers, and eyes would have appeared. Information and real-world pictures shed light on what evidence guides our assumption of how a dinosaur...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Draw T. rex

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore how scientists determine what prehistoric animals looked like based on their bones. They draw a picture of the skull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex by copying an image from an overhead or book.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Tyrannosaurus Rex

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this dinosaur activity, students color a picture of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, read a brief paragraph and answer 3 basic recall questions. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

All About Tyrannosaurus

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Tyrannosaurus Rex worksheet, students answer 7 fill in the blank questions where they provide facts about Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaurs.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Triceratops Facts

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Triceratops worksheet, students answer 6 multiple choice questions about the dinosaur Triceratops. Then students write a complete sentence where they describe what a Triceratops would do if it were attacked by a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding Tyrannosaurus Rex

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the history of the Tyrannosaurus Rex according to the Bible. Students research the size of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. They discuss the T. Rex skeleton "Sue" and the controversy that surrounded it.
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Website
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Blast Into the Past Identify T. Rex's Closest Living Relative

For Students 9th - 10th
Believe it or not, scientists were recently able to recover tissue and partial sequence information for protein molecules from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex fossil. In this genomics science fair project, you will use the T....
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Website
Other

Black Hills Institute of Geological Research: Unearthing T. Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the steps of paleontologists as they excavate Tyrannosaurus bones. This project took place in 2004 but there is plenty of useful information on the website for learning more about the T. Rex. Such as, how do you tell a male from a...
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Handout
Other

Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: Stan T. Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
Stan T. Rex is the name given to a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton that was excavated and reconstructed by the Black Hills Institute. Stan is sixty-five percent bone and among the most complete T. Rex skeletons in the world that scientists...
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Handout
Other

Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: Sue T. Rex Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Sue T. Rex is the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton to date. Its discovery and excavation by the Black Hills Institute is described in these pages. Sue now resides at the Field Museum in Chicago. What's unique about Sue...
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Website
The Field Museum

The Field Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The Field Museum's online presence offers a sneak preview of what you'll find when visiting, as well as access to online exhibits, images, collections and research, and interactive tools.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Tyrannosaurus Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the exciting world of the killer dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus Rex, by learning about its behaviors, geological time periods, and classification through descriptions, videos, photos, news, and external links.
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Structures and Skeletons

For Students 8th Standards
In this interactive learning module, students read informational text about dinosaurs and examine paragraph structure. They will learn about different types of text structure for informational paragraphs, identify the most effective...
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Graphic
University of California

Ucmp: Building the Perfect Beast

For Students 9th - 10th
Gain an appreciation of what is involved in building a free standing mount of a forty-foot dinosaur skeleton. Text explanations are supplemented with excellent slide pictures of the actual work.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: The Tyrant Lizards: The Tyrannosauridae

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California provides basic information on T. rex with links to related material great for a quick introduction.
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Website
PBS

Nova Online: Curse of t.rex

For Students 9th - 10th
NOVA site provides cool science facts on dinosaurs as well as additional links and resources.
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Article
Other

Pan Terra Inc.: The Seizure of Sue the T. Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
Sue T. Rex is the largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton to date. It was discovered and excavated by the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in South Dakota. The U.S. Government seized Sue from the Institute in 1992...
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Handout
Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Stan the T. Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
What can a fossil named "Stan" tell us about Tyrannosaurus rex? Read about paleontologists' findings about the T. rex diet, teeth, and brain thanks to Stan, and use an interactive skeleton to view and learn about T. rex's bones.
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Website
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Dinosaurs: Theropod Biomechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
How fast could a Tyrannosaurus rex really run? Visitors to this resource will see how scientists use theropod biomechanics to simulate the movement of these large dinosaurs.