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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons

For Students 9th - 10th
A database with detailed fact sheets for seventeen dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, including illustrations, a map, a timeline, physical characteristics, etc.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Animals Past and Present

For Students 9th - 10th
In English and Spanish this site deals with animal life in Illinois past and present. With sections on dinosaurs, animals in Illinois 65 million years ago, animals in Illinois 10 million years ago, and animals in Illinois today, this is...
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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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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Prehistoric Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The focus of this guide is on exploring the massive ancient creatures that roamed the Earth millions of years ago.
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BBC

Bbc: Science and Nature: Prehistoric Life: Sea Monsters Adventure Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about prehistoric sea creatures by playing this entertaining online game. A variety of skills are needed as you move through geologic time and encounter different sea creatures.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Muskox (Prehistoric)

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the prehistoric Muskox from this brief but intriguing article that shows the vast distribution area of this creature.
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Flow of History

Flow of History: The Domestication of Animals and Its Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
A synopsis on the domestication of animals traces the beginnings as well as the effects on prehistoric man. A flow chart to see how this development fits into history is provided.
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Other

Buzzle.com: Animal Sake: Triassic Period Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief descriptions of the climate of the Triassic Period and of the plants and animals. Includes a lengthy list of the animals that lived during that time.
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Museums Victoria

Museum Victoria: 600 Million Years: Victoria Evolves

For Students Pre-K - 1st
600 Million Years is a permanent exhibition at the Melbourne Museum that examines how Australia evolved through the geological ages, and the dinosaurs and other prehistoric life that lived in the Victoria area in the distant past. The...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Dino Detectives

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders will learn about prehistoric life in Utah.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Sabre Toothed Tiger (Smilodon Populator)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides images and a fact card about the sabre-toothed tiger, a prehistoric animal. Discusses where they lived, when and how they likely became extinct, what we know about its physical characteristics, diet, and reproduction.
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A&E Television

History.com: What Prehistoric Cave Paintings Reveal About Early Human Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Some of the oldest known art may hint at the beginning of language development, while later examples portray narratives with human and animal figures. What does the oldest known art in the world tell us about the people who created it?...
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Exceptional Preservation

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed information on the preservation of fossils includes when fossils were formed and what animals formed them.
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Other

Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Ice Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn many facts about the Ice Age and the large animals alive in Ice Age North America, such as the muskox, short-faced bear, American lion, and the grounds sloth.
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Other

Buzzle.com: Animal Sake: Precambrian Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes several types of organisms that lived in the Precambrian Era and provides a list of others. Some of these still exist today.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Lions (Prehistoric)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Lions were among the largest predators during the ice age. Get other interesting facts about this ancestor of the American Lion.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Facts About the Cenozoic Era and Its Life Forms

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the different periods, epochs, and stages of the Cenozoic Era and the events that took place in them. Looks at geology and tectonic plate movements, climate, flora and fauna, and the emergence of mammals as the dominant life...
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Seeker

Seeker: Week of 8 18 14: Ancient Butterfly Headed Reptile Discovered

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the this flying reptile that has recently been rediscovered by scientists after approximately 80,000 years.
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Other

Devonian Times

For Students 9th - 10th
Newspaper-formatted Devonian Times reports on the ongoing exploration and research being conducted at Red Hill, a Devonian-period fossil site located in central Pennsylvania, where an impressive array of fossilized animal and plant life...
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Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Mammoth Mary Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation, in a storybook format, discusses a wide variety of prehistoric animals from the mammoth to the mastodon.
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EL Education

El Education: Pre Historic Mammal Cards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students study prehistoric people and animals and create trading cards with an original illustration of an animal on one side and facts about that animal on the other.
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Museums Victoria

Museum Victoria Prehistoric Life: Sea Stars

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the fossilized remains of sea stars found in Southern Australia. Content includes a look at the physical characteristics of these animals.
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Other

Denver Museum of Nature and Science: Ice Age Giants Coloring Pages [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Printable coloring sheets of Ice Age animals, such as the dire wolf, the giant beaver, the American mastodon, and the saber-toothed cat.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Natural History Notebooks

For Students 9th - 10th
A great reference source for a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. This exhaustive resource also has some prehistoric extinct animals that students can compare to their living counterparts to increase their understanding of...

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