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Read Works

Read Works: Who Is Sue?

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Sue, the most complete tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever found. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: King of the Slowpokes

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a Tyrannosaurus rex and why scientists think it was not able to run very quickly. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Stinky Job

For Teachers 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a making a scent to represent the breath of a Tyrannosaurus rex. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Dinosaur World

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about dinosaurs and how scientists learn about them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Fossils and Dinosaurs Meat Eaters

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage describes the characteristics of theropods, meat-eating dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus Rex. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Tyrannosaurus Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
Coupled with interesting illustrations, this concise article gives fascinating information about Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
Several articles that trace the chronology of the dinosaur from the Triassic to the Cretaceous. Articles were written to accompany the BBC series, Walking with Dinosaurs.
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Unit Plan
Florida State University

Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Measuring With Shadows

For Students Pre-K - 1st
You can use shadows and a meter stick to measure very tall objects from the ground--and before you try this experiment yourself, see how it works with a Java applet that measures the height of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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Handout
Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Bucky the Teenage T Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
See what a T. rex fossil named "Bucky" tells us about Bucky's life in the late Cretaceous Period and about T. rex in general.
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Website
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
Zoom Dinosaurs is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs. It is designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic,...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Monster Meals!

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Tyrannosaurus Rex. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Handout
Other

Dino Dictionary: Profiles of Over 300 Known Dinosaurs!

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is a must for learning about dinosaurs. It profiles over 300 known species. It also lets you hear how to pronounce the name.
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Article
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: T Rex Thigh Shows Chicken Family Ties

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Julie Steenhuysen's article explores the evolutionary link between the ancient Tyrannosaurus rex (T-Rex) and the modern chicken.
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Graphic
Other

Regional Alliance for Information Networking: Download a Dinosaur

For Students 3rd - 5th
Download paper dinosaurs to use for various craft activities. Select from 18 different dinosaurs.
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PPT
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact File: Tyrannosaurus

For Students 3rd - 5th
An information page about the Tyrannosaurus Rex.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Tyrannosaurus Rex for Kids: Learn About the Giant Dinosaur Predator

For Students 1st - 9th
What was the Tyrannosaurus Rex? Kids find out about this dinosaur that was one of the largest land predators. Habitat, size, food, and fun facts.
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Website
Other

Pocantico Hills School: Meet the Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
What do other kids know and love about dinosaurs? Here's an exciting place to compare what you know about the "terrible lizards", and to learn more from this school site.
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Interactive
Other

Clever Island: Dinosaurs

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This primary age website requires no reading to construct the jigsaw dinosaur puzzle out of six pieces. The instructions are all spoken by the cartoon characters. Children can then watch a cartoon where one character goes back in time...
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Graphic
Curated OER

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

For Students Pre-K - 1st
STAN T. Rex, a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton that was excavated and reconstructed by the Black Hills Institute.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: T Rex Picture

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows a front on view of a scary looking Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton on display at the American Museum of Natural History. For more information on this interesting dinosaur check out our Tyrannosaurus rex facts page.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Tyrannosaurus Rex Skull

For Students 9th - 10th
This picture shows a side on view of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull showing its razor sharp teeth and large jaw. For more information on this interesting dinosaur check out our Tyrannosaurus rex facts page.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Tyrannosaurus Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows a top down view of a famous Tyrannosaurus rex specimen known as 'Sue' while on display at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. Sue is one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus skeletons ever found. For more...