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Virtual Exploration Society: Roy Chapman Andrews
Read about a real life Indiana Jones. Roy Andrews was a paleontologist who discovered fossils from the Cretaceous period in the middle of the Gobi Desert.
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Read Works: Fuels of the Future
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about renewable energy sources that may replace fossil fuel in the future. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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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.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Peek Inside the World's First Carbon Neutral City
A new kind of city is being built in the Arab desert. Read about the unique engineering that is creating Masdar, a "city of the future" which doesn't use fossil fuels.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Pterosaur Found in Utah Quarry Had 110 Teeth
Read about the unusual characteristics of a pterosaur discovered in Utah. Includes video.
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Read Works: Big Bird Found
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the fossil of the largest terror bird ever found. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Electricity & Energy Energy
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about energy. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Heat Is On
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage gives information about global warming and its threat to the polar bears in the Arctic. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: Energy for Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the need for renewable, natural energy sources for the future. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Monster of the North
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the skeleton of a plesiosaur, a giant sea monster, found by scientists near the North Pole. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Energy4Me
Energy4me: Energy Challenges
Read about the challenges of global energy use and consumption, and what solutions exist for today's engineers.
Children's Museum
Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet the Gorgosaur
What do fossils tell us about the Gorgosaurus and how it compares to T. rex? Learn about the size and diet of this "fearsome lizard", and read about the various injuries of Dinosphere's Gorgosaur fossil. Also, "Gorgosaur 360" lets you...
Children's Museum
Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet Stan the T. Rex
What can a fossil named "Stan" tell us about Tyrannosaurus rex? Read about paleontologists' findings about the T. rex diet, teeth, and brain thanks to Stan, and use an interactive skeleton to view and learn about T. rex's bones.
Children's Museum
Dinosphere: Dino Profiles: Meet the Maiasaura
Read about paleontologist John Horner's 1978 discovery: a new dinosaur, the Maiasaura. Learn what this large creature's fossil tells us about the Maiasaura's diet and physical features. Click on "See the skeleton" for an interactive tour...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Dinosaur Detectives
For this lesson, students conduct research on what paleontologists do when they study dinosaur fossils. They learn about some of the major paleontologists, what they discovered, and how opinions about fossils change over time as new...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Major and Lesser Extinction Events in Earth's History
Read about some of the extinction events that have occurred during the history of the Earth.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Lucy: The First Hominid Skeleton
Read about the archaeologists who discovered the first Hominid skeleton and other ancestors of humans.
USA Today
Usa Today: List of Texas Natural Resources
Read about the importance of the five most abundant natural resources in Texas.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Adventures at Dry Creek
This educational module enables young scholars (5-12) to experience ongoing research of University of California paleontologists studying about life in Montana 60-70 million years ago. It gives students the opportunity to experience the...
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Read Works: Dinosaur Discovery
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read text, a map, and a chart about dinosaur fossils. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Zoom School: United States of America
Use this resource to explore each state to get facts, maps and symbols; learn about the presidents; read about bald eagles and dinosaur fossils found in the U.S., find fun and exciting patriotic crafts and more.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering for the Earth
Young students are introduced to the complex systems of the Earth through numerous lessons on its natural resources, processes, weather, climate and landforms. Key earth science topics include rocks, soils and minerals, water and natural...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Rising Co2! What Can We Do?
With this resource, students learn how much fossil fuel emissions have increased since 1600 by exploring a graph showing carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Then answer questions and read facts about climate change over the centuries....
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey
A "research and service" organization, the ISGS's "programs encompass geologic mapping, water and mineral resources, environmental and engineering geology, geochemistry, and education." Read articles, view maps, study old aerial...