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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mammal Facts (or Not)

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this mammal worksheet, students use reference sources to determine whether 10 statements about various mammals are true or false.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Discovering Prehistoric People of Wisconsin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners list the characteristics of the four main groups of prehistoric people of Wisconsin. They compare the characteristics of the groups of to determine the chronological order of existence in Wisconsin.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dinosaur Time Capsule

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research prehistoric life using educational software. They design a prehistoric life while showing the use of appropriate scale and names for the prehistoric life. They follow an internet link to participate in a virtual...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Draw T. rex

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore how scientists determine what prehistoric animals looked like based on their bones. They draw a picture of the skull of a Tyrannosaurus Rex by copying an image from an overhead or book.
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PPT
Curated OER

The Rock and Fossil Record

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Go deep in your paleontology unit with this spectacular set of slides! It introduces viewers to the types of fossils, a few famous fossils, and the geologic eras. This is done with easy-to-read text, diagrams, photos, and even videos. 
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

Anatomy Adventure

For Students 6th - 12th
Sometimes science is puzzling. Using an online animation, individuals manipulate skeletal bones of an ancient species to recreate its skeleton. Learners complete the skeletal puzzle and learn about the process of paleontology in person...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Designasaurus: Modeling Activity for a Paleoartist

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create and draw fictional dinosaurs. They write a description of their dinosaur.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geology

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders devise a workable inch-to-inch scale for a geologic timeline sequencing the eras covered in the unit. They hypothesize from descriptions of dinosaur fossil evidence.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Horses

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students discuss the importance of the horse as a "beast of burden" animal in Japanese culture and create a legend, myth or tall tale set in Japan with a horse as the central character.
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Lesson Plan
Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington: Comparing Ice Age Mammals [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity allows learners to compare the morphologies of 3-D printed teeth from Ice Age mammals. Students will manipulate 3-D prints and record observations in order to infer the diet of megafauna and discuss the role of technology...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Mammal Ancestors

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses therapsid ancestors of mammals.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Sabre Toothed Tigers

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the saber-toothed tiger and discover details about this prehistoric cat's behaviors, habitat, classification, and body structure through short videos and reading.
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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.
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Website
BBC

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Irish Elk

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the enthralling world of the Irish elk by uncovering details about its behaviors, habitats, geological time periods, and classification through photos, a video, descriptions, and external links.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Woolly Mammoth

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the exciting world of the woolly mammoth by discovering facts about its behaviors, habitats, geological time periods, and classification through news, photos, videos, descriptions, and external links.
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Handout
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Kryptobaatar O Logy Card

For Students 3rd - 8th
Flip this interactive OLogy card to find questions and answers, fast facts, and other bite-size pieces of information to help you understand important characteristics of the Kryptobaatar, a prehistoric mammal.
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Saiga

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canadian Museum of Nature describes the Saiga-an adaptable and speedy Prehistoric Mammal.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Woolly Rhinoceros

For Students 9th - 10th
Go on a journey with the extinct woolly rhino and learn about its behaviors, habitat, classification, and body structure.
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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.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Bbc Nature: Prehistoric Life: Propalaeotherium

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Graphic image of the prehistoric mammal, Propalaeotherium, one of the earliest horses.
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Handout
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact Files: Steropodon

For Students 9th - 10th
Steropdon was a prehistoric mammal that lived during the Cretaceous period. Read about some of its physical traits and its diet, and view a single image.
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Website
Children's Museum

Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet the Didelphodon

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Looking much like today's opossum, the prehistoric Didelphodon was one of the largest mammals 65 million years ago. Learn what the fossils of this animal tell us about its diet and habitat.
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Handout
Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Inostrancevia Alexandri

For Students 9th - 10th
Inostrancevia alexandri was a prehistoric animal with mammal-like characteristics that lived in the Permian Period and before the dinosaurs. Some information and pictures can be found here.
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Handout
Museums Victoria

Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Diprotodon Optatum

For Students 9th - 10th
Diprotodon optatum was a prehistoric marsupial from Australia that lived during the Pleistocene Period. The wombat and the koala are descendants. Some information and pictures can be found here.