Activity
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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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.
Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Dinosaurs: Archaeopteryx Lithographica

For Students 3rd - 8th
Is it a feathered dinosaur, or the ancestor of birds? Find out about the Archaeopteryx lithographica whose fossil remains show feathers similar to that of a bird, and whose skeleton resembles that of a dinosaur.
Handout
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.
Website
PBS

Nova: The Extinction Enigma

For Students 9th - 10th
45,000 - 50,000 years ago the megafauna of Australia became extinct. This interview investigates several possible causes such as, continental drift, human impact, and climate change.
Handout
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.
Handout
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.
Interactive
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.