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Tramline: Dinosaurs: A Prehistoric Adventure for Grades 2 5

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Travel across the Internet to learn about dinosaurs in this virtual field trip. The trip is designed for Grades Two to Five. Topics include dinosaur fossils, extinction, paleontology, anatomy, behavior, etc.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Building a Dinosaur From a Chicken

For Students 9th - 10th
Renowned paleontologist Jack Horner has spent his career trying to reconstruct a dinosaur. He's found fossils with extraordinarily well-preserved blood vessels and soft tissues, but never intact DNA. So, in a new approach, he's taking...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Dinosaurs and Cave People

For Students 9th - 10th
Site uncovers the truth behind some common dinosaur myths.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Dinosaurs of Utah

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn why Utah is known as a prime location for the discovery of dinosaur fossils and why, in 1988 the Allosaurus was named Utah's official state fossil.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Piece of Dinosaur Extinction Asteroid Puzzle Recovered

For Students 9th - 10th
The first meteorite fossil discovered in this period when tests can be run on it, was found at Chicxulub in Northeastern Yucatan, Mexico. Scientists believe it is part of the meteorite which made the dinosaurs extinct.
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University of Chicago: Dinosaur Extinction

For Students 9th - 10th
This theory from the University of Chicago of dinosaur extinction revolves around the concept of plate tectonics, the movement of the continents over a sort of liquid around the planet.
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore life on ancient Earth with this site! Students can walk with dinosaurs to see what Earth looked like or investigate Earth's history. The site includes articles, pictures, timelines, and lots more.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Paleobiology: Blast From the Past!

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine evidence of a deep-sea core that provides evidence of an asteroid impact sixty-five million years ago, which may have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: William Buckland

For Students 9th - 10th
A short biography about the geologist and palaeontologist who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur named Megalosaurus.
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Stephen Jay Gould, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of scientist Stephen Jay Gould. A love for dinosaurs led him into science and he became a leading figure in studies of evolution. He was also a professor and a popular speaker and science writer. Includes a profile,...
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise Fast and High

For Students 9th - 10th
The buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rising faster than at any time since dinosaurs roamed the Earth. The burning of fossil fuels is largely to blame.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: David H. Koch Hall of Fossils: Deep Time

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Smithsonian Institution provides a virtual tour of the new "Deep Time" exhibit at the National Museum of Natural History.
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Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, Inc.: Acrocanthosaurus

For Students 9th - 10th
The Acrocanthosaurus lived 50 million years before Tyrannosaurus Rex did and was almost as immense. The discovery and excavation of an Acrocanthosaurus skeleton is detailed accompanied by a slide show of scientists preparing the skeleton...
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University of Bristol: The Evolution of Birds

For Students 9th - 10th
A short but effective synopsis providing much of the information collected over the years in terms of deciding the evolutionary ancestry issue. Article takes the pro-dinosaurian stance in the end, but includes good, if not brief,...
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Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Quetzalcoatlus Northropi

For Students 9th - 10th
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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