Fossils with Play-Doh Students create fossil imprints using Play-Doh. "Fossils" are formed when Plaster of Paris is poured into the fossil imprints... http: //eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual...
Dinosaur Hunter 3 This activity involves matching skeleton bones on a Bucky, the T.rex silhouette. Upon completion, the learner reads the biography of the specimen's discoverer.. http: //childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/dinospher...
Dinosaur Hunter Students will learn about words that are related to dinosaurs and dig sites. After reading the ABC Book, children will have a brief understanding of the research involved with paleontology from A - Z. http: //childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/dinospher...
What Happened to the Gorgosaur? This activity is about the gorgosaur on display. According to the scientists who worked with the fossil, it is unusual in that it had many injuries including a brain tumor. In this WebQuest, students will be asked to decide what caused the injuries and what might have caused its death.. http: //childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/dinospher...
Dinosaurs 2: What Were Dinosaurs Like? Dinosaurs 2: What Were Dinosaurs Like? is aimed primarily at the 1-2 grade level and focuses on the latter part of the benchmark concept, how dinosaurs "were something like others (animals) that are alive today." http: //sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?Benchma...
Who Should Own the Bones? tudents will read several opinions concerning academic and commercial interests in dinosaur fossils. The students will read about, watch video clips, and develop opinions concerning this controversial subject. They will write a letter to the editor expressing their views on these controversies. http: //childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/dinospher...
Dinosaur Dig To give a classroom experience of how difficult it is to interpret a paleontological discovery while being in a classroom environment. We will use wooden models of selected dinosaurs to demonstrate a procedure a field paleontologist may use.. http: //eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual...
Using the Web to Research Dinosaurs Students will learn about four different dinosaurs. After studying them, they will write a story about the information they have learned and then create a scene for a dinosaur using the online stamp program. http: //childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/dinospher...
