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Beyond T. rex
Evidence and Analysis for grades 3 through 8
Only a small fraction of the 400-plus known species of extinct dinosaurs have appeared on TV and movie screens. Meet some of the more unusual members of T. rex and Velociraptor's family tree.
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Grouping Dinosaurs
Curriculum Materials for grades Kindergarten through 4
Dinosaurs all belong to the same group, but within that group there are many subsets—meat-eating dinosaurs, four-legged dinosaurs, and so on. Try your hand at classification with these eight dinosaur illustrations.
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Understanding Cladistics
Curriculum Materials for grades 5 through 8
Explore the method scientists use to determine evolutionary relationships by creating a coin cladogram. Then try your hand at classifying a handful of dinosaurs.
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