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Introduce Vocabulary: Dinosaur Bones (Barner)
Dig into some prehistoric vocabulary in Bob Barner's informative book Dinosaur Bones. This works best if you introduce the primitive words before reading the story. These are the focus terms in the text: ancient, climate, extinct,...
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Identifying Fossils
Students create model fossils. In this fossils lesson, students view pictures of fossils and compare and contrast these fossils. Students read about fossils and create a database chart with the facts they learn. ...
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Lost World Dinosaurs
Students determine how accurate the dinosaur-makers were in creating realistic dinosaurs for the Jurassic Park ride. They explore how the ride designers are going to top themselves How could the next ride be even better?
Core Knowledge Foundation
The History of the Earth Tell It Again!™ Read-Aloud Anthology
A read-aloud anthology focuses on Earth's history. Over three weeks, young scholars listen to and discuss stories about the layers of the Earth, minerals, fossils, different kinds of rocks, and dinosaurs. After the lesson's text, each...
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Cooking with the Sun!
Learners access prior knowledge of solar energy and understand that solar energy produces heat. In this solar cooker activity, students complete grade appropriate experiments using the heat of the sun. Learners complete a worksheet on...
Read Works
Read Works: Dinosaur Chomper
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the fossil of a giant crocodile dinosaur found in Niger. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Small Wonder
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the fossil of a pterosaur found in China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.