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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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Virginia Tech

Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Greenhouse Dinosaur Extinction Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive page discusses the Asteroid Impact vs. Volcano-Greenhouse dinosaur extinction debate. It was written by paleontologist, professor, and scientist Dr. Dewey McLean.
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Other

Digi Morph: Dinosaurs at Digi morph.org

For Students 9th - 10th
DigiMorph is a database of high-quality images from living and extinct animals, made available for scientists, educators, researchers and students. This section is devoted to dinosaur fossils, some of them among the most famous in the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What Killed the Dinosaurs?

For Students 9th - 10th
This Evolution Web feature explores how evidence can support a variety of hypotheses surrounding the mystery behind the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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SEDL

Sedl: Extinction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This second lesson in a course on dinosaurs is devoted to extinction. There are group activities, discussion of the idea, and a way to assess what the students have learned.
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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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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Answers to Exploration Questions: Dinosaur Extinction

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the dinosaur extinction with the answers to this exploration questions on this site.
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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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SEDL

Sedl: Dinosaurs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides wonderful lesson plans about dinosaurs. Seven sequenced units cover the following topics: extinction, fossils, types of dinosaurs, and the dinosaur life cycle. The site provides basic lesson and background information...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Are Any Dinosaurs Still Alive Today?

For Students 9th - 10th
An article reviewing over how dinosaurs are still alive today in their descents.
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Other

Hvpm: Mass Extinctions

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the mass extinctions throughout earth history. Each mass extinction has a link to its own page with a list of its possible causes and the species that were most affected.
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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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Indiana University

Indiana Univ. Bloomington: Geo Notes: Dinosaur Fossils Not Found in Indiana [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the mass extinction event that wiped out many prehistoric animals 65 million years ago and why there are no dinosaur fossils to be found in Indiana.
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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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Other

Canal Kids: Dinossauros (Dinosaurs), a Era Dos Gigantes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A good introduction to dinosaurs for young Portuguese-speaking children. Uses an engaging writing style, cartoon-style graphics, and animation to teach about the Mesozoic era. Coverage includes types of dinosaurs and their features,...
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Other

University of Bristol: What Were the Dinosaurs, and How Did They Live?

For Students 9th - 10th
Answers to a series of nine questions related to dinosaurs. There are a number of links to other informative sites as well.
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Ornithopod Dinosaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
With some of the most advanced chewing apparatus ever developed by a reptile, ornithopod dinosaurs became a most successful group of herbivorous dinosaurs. They rapidly became a prominent feature on North America's Cretaceous landscape,...
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Dinosaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides fascinating facts and images of dinosaurs plus a map of where they can be found.
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Other

Dinosaur Extinction: One More Hypothesis

For Students 9th - 10th
"The survivals and extinctions at the close of the Cretaceous are such as might be expected to result from intensely hot winds such as would be generated by extra large meteoritic impacts." This article suggests that this theory should...
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore life on ancient Earth with this site! Students can walk with dinosaurs to see what Earth looked like or investigate Earth's history. The site includes articles, pictures, timelines, and lots more.
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Other

Dinosaurios: Dinosaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth presentation about the world of dinosaurs. Includes pictures and diagrams. Information about types, characteristics, and extinction.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: When Will the Next Mass Extinction Occur?

For Students 9th - 10th
Borths, D'Emic, and Pritchard give a quick history of mass extinctions. [5:01]