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Melbourne Museum: Evolution
Although this is an education kit intended to accompany an exhibition on evolution at this museum. it is useful for high school Biology classes for its excellent background information on the latest ideas about the theory of evolution,...
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Museum Victoria: Bug Catcher
Students explore different types of insects as they help the curator organize the museum's insect collection and as they search for, examine, and capture new insects out in the field.
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Museum Victoria: Bugs
Students learn what insects are, how they live, how they find food, how they defend themselves, and how they affect humans. Organized into several articles accompanied by high-quality photos and video, this online exhibit provides...
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Melbourne Museum: Dinosaur Walk
This is an excellent, high-quality resolution, virtual tour of the dinosaur exhibits at the Melbourne Museum in Australia. Provides information about seventeen dinosaurs, a coloring fact sheet for each, and videos of scientists talking...
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Museum Victoria: 600 Million Years: Victoria Evolves
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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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons
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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Museum Victoria: Bugs: Glossary
Glossary of terms commonly used to describe bugs, their habitat, and their life cycle.
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Museum Victoria
Museum Victoria is Australia's largest public museum organization and is responsible for the care of the state's collections and conducting research.
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Museum Victoria: Pseudofossils: Concretions and Dendrites
Pseudofossils are materials that are sometimes mistaken for fossils. They include concretions and dendrites, described here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Deinonychus Antirrhopus
Deinonychus antirrhopus was a small, carnivorous theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period, first discovered in the United States. A study of its skeleton revealed that it was fast-moving, which went against previously held beliefs...
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Tsintaosaurus Spinorhinus
Tsintaosaurus spinorhinus, a type of hadrosaur, was a herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. Its fossilized remains have been found in China. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Quetzalcoatlus Northropi
Quetzalcoatlus northropi was a carnivorous pterosaur larger than an African elephant. It lived during the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Pteranodon Sternbergi
Pteranodon sternbergi was a prehistoric flying reptile that lived during the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Protoceratops Andrewsi
Protoceratops andrewsi was an herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period, related to the Triceratops. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Varanus (Megalania) Priscus
Varanus priscus was a prehistoric lizard that lived in Australia in the Pleistocene Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Mamenchisaurus Hochuanensis
Mamenchisaurus hochuanensis was an herbivorous Sauropod from the Late Jurassic Period, first discovered in China. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Inostrancevia Alexandri
Inostrancevia alexandri was a prehistoric animal with mammal-like characteristics that lived in the Permian Period and before the dinosaurs. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Hypsilophodon Foxii
Hypsilophodon foxii was an herbivorous Ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous Period. Its fossilized remains have been found in England. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Hadrosaur
The Hadrosaur was a herbivorous Ornithopod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Period. Its fossilized remains have been found in Canada and elsewhere. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Genyornis Newtoni
Genyornis newtoni was a gigantic, non-flying bird that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene Period. It is sometimes referred to as a 'thunder bird' due to its large size. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Gallimimus Bullatus
Gallimimus bullatus was a theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Diprotodon Optatum
Diprotodon optatum was a prehistoric marsupial from Australia that lived during the Pleistocene Period. The wombat and the koala are descendants. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Anhanguera Blittersdorffi
Anhanguera blittersdorffi was a carnivorous pterosaur that lived during the Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Tarbosaurus Bataar
Tarbosaurus bataar was a large, meat-eating theropod from the Late Cretaceous Period, discovered in Mongolia. Some information and pictures can be found here.