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A Dinosaur Subject Sampler

Internet Hunt
(Web sites with Questions)
WebQuests
Online Activities Projects
Stories Lesson Plans

Visit these websites, then answer the questions below:

  1. Discovery Channel Online  http://www.discovery.com/exp/fossilzone/fossilzone.html

    1. How do we know that dinosaurs lived on our planet?

    2. What do paleontologists do when they find a fossil?

  2. National Geographic's Dinorama http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/dinorama/frame.html

  3. The Dinosaur Hall:  The National Museum of Natural History http://photo2.si.edu/dino/dino.html

  4. Dinosaurs in Hawaii! http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/dinos/dinos.1.html

  5. Zoom Dinosaurs  http://www.zoomdinosaurs.com/

  6. The Mueum of Paleontology  The University of California, Berkely http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

  7. Dinosaur Data Files from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis http://www.nhm.ac.uk/education/online/dinosaur_data_files.html

  8. DML Dinosaur Genera List http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/genera.htm

  9. Jason's Dinosaur Site  http://members.aol.com/Ermine/index.html

  10. The Age of Dinosaurs Mural at the Yale Peabody Museum   http://www.peabody.yale.edu/mural

  11. The Amazing Magnificient Colossal Cruise through Time and History  http://hyperion.advanced.org/2834/

  12. Welcome Page-A to Z One at a Time List of Dinosaurs http://web.syr.edu/~dbgoldma/pictures.htmIf dinosaur pictures are what you need, look no more. Many to choose from.

  13. Dinobase, Sibbick's Pictures http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/dinobase/picturesJS/dinopicturesJS.html
    More dinosaur pictures.

  14. Middle School Earth Science Explorer - Dinosaur Extinction http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/dinosaur.html

  15. Walking with Dinosaurs  http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/

Answer these question

  1. What is a dinosaur?

  2. What does extinction mean?

  3. What are fossils?

  4. What sounds did dinosaurs make?

  5. What did the eggs found in China resemble?

  6. What was a way that dinosaurs could move their big bodies?

  7. What was the size of Stegosaururs' brain?

  8. What di the Apatosaurus like to eat?

  9. Why did the Allosaurus have long, pointed claws?

  10. How many horns did the Triceratops have?

  11. Compsognathus was one of the smalles dinosaurs. It was abou the size of a __________________ .

  12. Long necked dinosaurs liked to eat _________________ .

  13. Choose one dinosaur and answer these questions:

    1. How big was this dinosaur?

    2. When did it live?

    3. What did it eat?

Online Activities                                                 Top of Page

  1. Download-a-Dinosaur   http://www.rain.org/~philfear/download-a-dinosaur.html
    Print out the dinosaur patterns. Cut, fold, and paste. You will have a 3-D dinosaur.

  2. Dinosaur Activities http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/2237/dino/information.html

  3. National Geographic Dinosaur Eggs http://www.nationalgeographic.com/dinoeggs/index.html

  4. Dilophosaurus! A Narrated Exhibition http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/dilophosaur/intro.html

  5. Dyllan's Online Walking with Dinosaurs  http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/2237/dino/information.htm

  6. TrackStar Activities Dinosaurs http://scrtec.org/track/tracks/f00932.html

  7. TrackStar Activities Dinosaurs   http://scrtec.org/track/tracks/f01191.html

  8. TrackStar Activities Discovering Dinosaurs http://scrtec.org/track/tracks/f00632.html

  9. TrackStar Activities New Dinosaur Information
    http://scrtec.org/track/tracks/f01375.html

Stories

  1. Dinotopia:  The Official Website  http://www.dinotopia.com/
    Do you love the Dinotopia books? At this site you will find a teacher's guide, a puzzle section with printable pages, or go on a tour of the fictional planet of Dinotopia.

Lesson Plans                                                  Top of Page

  1. Classroom and Museum Activities: The Natural History Museum  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/education/online/suggested_activities.html

  2. Dinosaur Experiments  http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/dinos/

  3. Crissy's Lesson Plans http://crissy.blanos.com/lessons/

  4. Dinosaurs A Thematic Unit  http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/Dinosaurs.htm

 

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