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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Creatures

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is the opening site for the online exhibit at the Natural History Museum. The exhibit features a wealth of information on dinosaurs including a dinosaur directory, fossil specimens, information, pictures, and more. The exhibit also...
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Center for Educational Technologies

Earth Science Explorer: Dinosaur Floor

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a tour of the dinosaur floor and you'll read several theories about why dinosaurs became extinct.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Trb 4:4 Investigation 6 Dinosaur Extinction

For Teachers 4th
Research and analyze theories on why dinosaurs became extinct.
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San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum: Dinosaur Dig

For Students 3rd - 5th
The San Diego Natural History Museum provides dinosaur lovers with plenty of information and fun facts with links to Finding Fossils and Dinosaur Bytes.
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Other

The Dinosaur Museum

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Dinosaur Museum is located in Blanding, Utah. Use this site to learn all about the exhibits and dinosaur information.
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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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Read Works

Read Works: Fossils & Dinosaurs: The Age of Dinosaurs

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage describes the time period when dinosaurs were still living on earth and describes the event that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.This passage is a stand-alone curricular...
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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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Other

Dinosaur Facts

For Students 3rd - 8th
There is plenty of information about dinosaurs here for students doing research. There are a fair number of ads but they are mainly related to dinosaurs. Besides fact pages for hundreds of dinosaurs, you will find information about...
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University of California

Ucmp: The Dinosauria

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Dinosauria provides the latest information about dinosaurs, including debunking myths, early dinosaur discoveries, characteristics of specific dinosaurs, life history, and discovery of dinosaur fossils.
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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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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Fighting Dinos: New Discoveries

For Students 3rd - 8th
A virtual investigation surmising how two fighting dinosaurs died in the Gobi Desert.
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Globio

Glossopedia: Feathers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Birds have them, and so did some species of extinct dinosaurs. They're feathers. They come in different shapes and sizes, all colors, and they enable birds to fly. Lots of information can be found in this article.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: The Triassic Period

For Students 3rd - 8th
Information about the Mesozoic Era, including details and extensive links about the geology and biology of the period. A very thorough site that is geared toward 5 - 8th grades, but useful for all.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Layers of Time: Fossil Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
Game through which students order layers of sedimentary rock, from oldest to newest, based on the type of fossils they contain.