I Dig Dinosaurs

Students complete activities to study fossils. In this fossils instructional activity, students complete a KWL chart about a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Students go on a nature walk to find a "fossil" and make an imprint of it for their...

Students recognize that they haven't seen a dinosaur because they no longer exist. In this dinosaur instructional activity, students view videos and understand what the dinosaur habitat was like. Students role play dinosaurs. Students...

Here is an unusual question: How can I become a famous fossil for future generations to examine and adore? It is from this comical perspective that viewers learn how fossilization occurs. Show this for your middle school paleontologists...

Learners hunt for dinosaur eggs that the teacher has made and hidden on the playground. students open the eggs to find the dinosaur inside and experience archeology first hand.

Students investigate basic information about dinosaurs. They listen to the book, "My Visit To the Dinosaurs," explore various websites, take an online quiz, and play an online dinosaur game.

Learners read or listen to books about dinosaurs in order to be able to identify ten dinosaurs. They determine whether the dinosaurs are meat or plant eaters by researching them. They write a book including factual information from their...

In this biology activity, students identify and write the various species that are still present today. Then they define evolution using three words. Students also describe what a fossil is and give some examples related to a particular...

Students investigate how long dinosaurs lived on Earth and how that compare to how long man has been on Earth. They discover how scientists excavate fossils.

Students explore how palentologists find and excavate fossils. They simulate a dinosaur dig by using different tools to remove a bone from a cup of plaster of paris. They experiment with the different tools making observations about...