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Teacher Resources Student Extra Credit
| Day 1 |
| Topic Dinosaurs |
| Objectives/
I can ... Introduction to dinosaurs. |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
Classwork-Homework Dinosaur : Eyewitness Video Eyewitness Dinosaur Video Quiz
turn in at end of video.
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| TEC |
| Resources |
| Day 2 |
| Topic Dinosaur Information |
| Objectives/
I can ... Name the two groups of dinosaurs Research a dinosaur. Gather information. |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
Classwork-Homework Dinosaur Differences Lizard
hipped and bird hipped dinosaurs
Warm-blooded vs.
Cold-blooded Dinosaurs 3:57  Dinosaur Information |
| TEC |
| Resources |
| Day 3 |
| Topic Dinosaur Names |
| Objectives/
I can ... Use Greek and Latin descriptors to name dinosaurs. Create a dinosaur using Greek and/or Latin descriptors. Draw a dinosaur based on characteristics. |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
| Classwork-Homework
Walking With Dinosaurs:
The Smell of Prey 2:40
Walking With Dinosaurs:
Diplodocus Hunting 3:39
James Knows His
Dinosaurs :57 Dino Names Lesson Translating Dino Names Dino Names Create a name and draw the dinosaur. |
| TEC |
Resources Draw a
Dinosaur How to draw a dinosaur. |
| Day 4 |
| Topic Dinosaurs |
| Objectives/
I can ... Name the the groups of dinosaurs. Investigate a dinosaur. |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
| Classwork-Homework Dinosaur
Project Adopt A Dinosaur Requirements and
Dinosaur Project Rubric Adopt A Dinosaur Fact Sheet
Cretaceous Reptiles Not Dinosaurs
Triassic Ends and
the Jurassic Begins
2:50 Triassic Reptiles Not Dinosaurs |
| TEC |
| Resources Dinosaur Names Dinosaur Fact Sheets Fact
sheets for 83 different dinosaurs. |
| Day 5 |
| Topic Dinosaurs Oral Report |
| Objectives/
I can ... Communicate information about dinosaurs. Learn new names of dinosaurs. |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
Classwork-Homework Oral report from Adopt-A-Dinosaur Fact Page |
| TEC |
| Resources |
| Day 6 |
| Topic Dinosaur Extinction |
| Objectives/
I can ... Can sort through evidence and come up with a scientific theory that best fits the data. Can recognize whether evidence is consistent with a scientific theory. Can use geologic evidence to propose theories about past life on earth. |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
Classwork-Homework On the
BoardTheory: A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena. Extinction: the process of no longer existing or living Mass extinction: the extinction of a large percentage of the earth's species K-T boundary: the boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary Period; the end of the Mesozoic Era and the beginning of the Cenozoic Era Iridium: element found in abundance at the K-T boundary usually associated with impact events
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| TEC |
| Resources |
| Day 7 |
| Topic Dinosaur Extinction |
| Objectives/
I can ... Can use geologic evidence to propose theories about past life on earth. |
| State Goals 12.B.1a Describe and compare characteristics of living things in relationship to their environment. 12.B.2b Identify physical features of plants and animals that help them live in different environments. |
| Classwork-Homework What Caused the Extinction of the
Dinosaurs
Evidence Cards
Handout |
| TEC |
| Resources |
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| DINOSAURS |
| Dino Names |
| Dinosaur
Task Cards for Primary Grades |
| Eyewitness
Dinosaur Video Quiz |
| Translating Dino Names |
| What's In a Dinosaur Name? |
| Design-a-Saur |
| Dino Names Lesson |
| Dinosaur
Coloring Page Brachiosaurus, Rhamphorhynchus, Giganotosaurus, Velociraptor,
Diplodocus, Apatosaurus, also includes a Mammoth |
 Build a Dinosaur |
Dinosaur Part 1 10:50
Dinosaur Part 2 10:50
Dinosaur Part 3 10:51
Dinosaur Part 4 10:50
Dinosaur Part 5 10:50 Dinosaur Part 6 10:50 Dinosaur Part 7 10:50 |
| Dino-Base A great
reference site! |
| Dinosaur Fact Sheets Fact
sheets for 83 different dinosaurs. |
| Dinosaur Information |
| Dinosaur Names |
| How to
Write a Dinosaur Report For information on
particular dinosaurs, try the Dinosaur Information Sheets, the Dinosaur and
Paleontology Dictionary, Dinosaur fact sheets, or Dinosaur
Printouts |
 Brainpop.com
Fantastic site combining engaging flash graphic interface, with great information movies,
and related activities. A great site for students to explore and offers explanations on a
whole spectrum of topics.Click for Brainpop's flash movie on dinosaurs |
| Dinoart - Dinosaur gallery A
full-service dinosaur art studio, Walters & Kissinger combines the talents of two
paleontological restoration illustrators, Robert F. Walters and Tess Kissinger, and two
professional dinosaur sculptors, Paul Sorton and Bruce J. Mohn. Together, we offer the
most complete and scientifically accurate dinosaur artwork available to museums,
publishers, film and television. |
| Dino
Don's Art Gallery This site showcases the works of some of the world's foremost dinosaur artists. The gallery features new artists so be sure to check back. The current exhibit features works by Robert F. Walters, renowned dinosaur life restoration artist, painter, illustrator, and muralist. |
| Dino
Facts Information and
color pictures on 14 well-known dinosaur species. |
|
Dinosaur Facts Welcome to the greatest dinosaur site in the world. |
| Dinosaur
OnLine Pedia From Dinosauria
On-Line |
| Dinosaurs Millions of years ago, long before there were any people, there were
dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were one of several kinds of prehistoric reptiles that lived during
the Mesozoic Era, the "Age of Reptiles." A Great Site!!! |
| Dinosaurs If you love to explore, you'll have a great time with these dinosaur
sites. |
| Dinosaurs Within the last 30-40 years
there has been a revolutionary transformation in our understanding of dinosaur
paleobiology. When you watch a motion picture such as "Jurassic Park" or
"Lost World", you are seeing a modern version of these fascinating animals -
active, agile, and adaptable, as opposed to huge, awkward, lumbering versions of large
reptiles. This page is designed to introduce you to some of the major types of dinosaurs
with passing notes as to some of the new insights into how they lived and, ultimately,
what kind of animals they were. |
| Dinosaurs
The Unofficial Dinosaurs Homepage -Dinosaur clips from the TV show Dinosaurs. |
| Dinosaurs:
The Era of the Dinosaurs Timelines illustrating the era in which dinosaurs
ruled the land, and explores the theories behind their extinction - includes diagrams and
pictures |
| Discovering
Dinosaurs Britanicca.com's Discovering Dinosaurs includes an activity guide and
teacher resources as well as extensive information under the headings Environment,
Anatomy, Behaviour, and Physiology. |
| Discovering
the World's First Dinosaur Skeleton In the summer of 1858,
Victorian gentleman and fossil hobbyist William Parker Foulke was vacationing in
Haddonfield, New Jersey, when he heard that twenty years previous, workers had found
gigantic bones in a local marl pit. Foulke spent the rest of the summer directing a crew
of hired diggers shin deep in gray slime. Eventually he found the bones (above, right) of
an animal larger than an elephant with structural features of both a lizard and a bird. |
| Evoultion of
the Dinosaurs Includes brief introduction about evolution, diagrams and
graphics. |
| Favorite
Dinosaurs A-Z of different dinosaurs types. |
| Imax: Dinosaurs
T-REX Online. As a "virtual paleontologist" you can use your field computer to
explore the Cretaceous Period and learn more about T-REX: Back to the Cretaceous, Imax's
newest giant-screen adventure. There is a 36-page Teacher's Resource Guide is available
which you can download the guide from the website. An activity-filled booklet to help your
students enjoy and learn from the study of dinosaurs and paleontology. |
| Journal of Dinosaur Paleontology , Dinosauria on-line. Scroll
to Tyrannosaurids to see a list of links to T. rex sights |
| Jurassic
Park: A Possibility? A look at the genetics behind Jurassic Park the story
- and its real-life applications. |
| Let's find out .com
Upon entering the keyword "Dinosaur" into their site search function, a wide
range of dinosaur-related information pages are displayed. From specific pages on certain
dinosaur species, to big bang and evolution explanations. |
| Official Disney site -
'Dinosaur' - the movie The Official website of the Disney ' Dinosaur' movie.
Impressive graphics and interactivity makes for not only an engaging web experience but
also includes lots of dinosaur facts, images, sounds and activities |
| Paleontology and
Dinosaurs This K-12 site is a comprehensive list of links to dinosaur and
paleontological sites. Subject headings include: Dinosaurs, Fossils, Geologic Time, Human
Evolution, and Paleontology. |
| Science Daily Article
& BBC
News - Science Article 2 Interesting articles both highlighting the discovery of
66-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur heart with X-Ray technology. It is the first ever fossilised
dinosaur heart discovered. This means that dinosaurs, certainly the later ones, were
probably warm-blooded and engaged in active behaviour provides evidence for theory that
dinosaurs were warmblooded. |
| Sue-The inside
story Field Museum of Natural History. Information about the most famous T.
rex , and activities for students based on the exhibit at the museum. |
| ThinkQuest Time Machine
This is a student project which included dinosaurs as one area of investigation |
| Walking
With Dinosaurs Featured here are some of the dinosaurs that lived 65 million
years ago. Click on them for information. Lots of links!! |
| Zoom Dinosaurs 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, and then to
progress to much more advanced information as desired, simply by clicking on links. |
| MOSASAUR |
 A Day in the Life of a Mosasaur |
| A Moment in Time |
| One Day in the Western Interior Sea
Mosasaur eating described. |
| Mosasaur : South Dakota Museum of
Geology Skeleton and fozzilized stomach contents, |
| Tylosaurus Museum |
|
 Dinosaur Jokes Can you answer
the riddles? |
| Download a Dinosaur Make a dinosaur out of paper. |
| Draw a T-Rex In this activity,
you will learn how scientists determine what prehistoric animals looked like based on
their bones. The activity reinforces the concept that fossils are mostly the remains of
hard parts of ancient life and integrates paleontology with biology. You will use the
appearance of modern animals to reconstruct what an ancient animal, a Tyrannosaurus rex
(T. rex), may have looked like when it was living. Use the Draw a T-Rex Worksheet to
draw the head, add eyes, and a scale pattern. |
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