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Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries
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Dinosaur fossils are being discovered faster than ever before. See how everything from satellite technology to scanning electron microscopes are helping to solve persistent and puzzling dinosaur mysteries.
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Fossil Halls
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Take a virtual stroll through the Museum's Fossil Halls any time, day or night. You can get a close-up look at some of our most famous dinosaurs and meet the early relatives of mammals.
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Fossil Halls: Curator Videos
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Take a close-up look at mammoths and mastodons. Watch the chewing action of two plant-eating dinosaurs' teeth. And trek through the Gobi alongside researchers on two paleo expeditions.
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Fossil Halls: Exhibit Specimens
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Meet Dunkleosteus, one of the first jawed vertebrates; Anhanguera, the "old devil; and Notharctus, one of the first modern primates. Then examine 12 other fossil specimens housed at the Museum.
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Fossil Halls: Timelines
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Step back in time to a point of your choosing—from 370 million to 19,000 years ago. You can see a lone Smilodon stalk prey or a group of prehistoric fish cruise the bottom of a muddy estuary.
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Fossil Halls: Virtual Tours
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Take an online stroll through single largest collection of real dinosaur fossils in the world. Then meet mammal that lived millions of years before the dinosaurs.
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Dinosaur Books for Educators
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for grades Kindergarten through 8
Dig up information about dinosaurs that roamed North America. Identify your favorite encyclopedia of dinosaurs. Explore the bird-dinosaur link. And find out where dinosaurs still rule.
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Dinosaur Books for Kids
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for grades Kindergarten through 8
Want to learn more about the prehistoric reptiles that once roamed Earth or what caused their extinction? Then dig your way through this list of kid-friendly titles.
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Dinosaur Illustrations
Evidence and Analysis
for grades Kindergarten through 5
Ankylosaurus, Barosaurus, Coelophysis—add to your dinosaur vocabulary with these 12 illustrations. Soon you'll be able to spot a Pachycephalosaurus from across the room.
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Dinosaur Names
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for grades Kindergarten through 4
Some dinosaur names are short, while others are lengthy tongue twisters. But all are infused with meaning. Examine the linguistic roots of these terrible (deinos) lizards (sauros).
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Dinosaur Timeline
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for grades Kindergarten through 4
When you've been alive for less than a decade, how in the world do you grasp geologic time? Start with a 100-inch-long roll of adding machine tape and measure out Earth's past.
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Dinosaur Web List
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for grades Kindergarten through 8
Looking for even more dinosaur resources to enhance your paleontology unit? Start with these recommended sites, which are filled with informative overviews, maps, geologic charts, and activities.
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How Big Were Dinosaurs?
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for grades Kindergarten through 4
How many times would your footprint fit into that of a large dinosaur? Could all of your classmate's feet fill up the small crater? Find out with this personalized look at the 35-ton Apatosaur.
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Make Your Own Liaoning Diorama
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for grades Kindergarten through 8
Re-create the 130-million-year-old forest in what is now China to understand why this fossil site is of such vast scientific importance.
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What Is a Dinosaur?
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for grades Kindergarten through 4
It's not what they ate or when they lived that distinguishes dinosaurs from other reptiles. It's the hole in their hip socket. Find out how this feature affected the way dinosaurs walk.
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After-School Educator's Guide to OLogy: Paleontology
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for grades 3 through 8
Who doesn’t dig dinosaurs? This guide for after-school educators to the Paleontology section of OLogy, the Museum’s science Web site for kids, explains how and where scientists do the digging, along with basic science concepts.
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Dino Times! How Dinosaurs Lived
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for grades 3 through 8
Travel to Liaoning, China, where a fossilized lakebed is providing scientists with the most complete picture to-date of what a dinosaur ecosystem probably looked like.
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Fossilized Fashion: How Dinosaurs Looked
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for grades 3 through 8
We know that some dinosaurs had fancy frills while others had sharp horns or pointy spikes. But why? Investigate the purpose of these and other dinosaur "fashions."
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Paleontology Books
Reference List
for grades 3 through 8
Take a tour of evolution. Discover a dinosaur nesting ground in Patagonia. Travel in the Magic School Bus to Dinosaur Land. And dig up lots of dinosaur facts with these 12 kid-friendly books.
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Thump, Thump, Thump ... How Dinosaurs Moved
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for grades 3 through 8
Want to see firsthand how a dinosaur moved? Observe a bird as it walks along the sidewalk or in your backyard. Then challenge a friend to a "push-up" race—dinosaur versus crocodile.
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