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Fossil Halls: Cladistics
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for all ages
What is the best way to reconstruct evolutionary history? Find out with this look at cladistics and the branching points on the Earth's evolutionary family trees.
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Flesh Out a Fossil
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for grades Kindergarten and up
Discover how artists bring dinosaur skeletons to life with skin, feathers, and other features. Then try to create your own lifelike Velociraptor from a skeletal drawing.
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Finding Fossils
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for grades 3 through 8
You don't have to be a professional paleontologist to collect the remains of ancient life. Anyone can find fossils. This handy how-to guide tells you where to look and what to do.
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Layers of Time: Fossil Puzzle!
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for grades 3 and up
How do your fossil-sorting skills stack up? Put them to the test with this kid-friendly online puzzle.
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Solve a Sedimentary Layers Puzzle
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for grades 3 and up
The history of life on Earth is recorded in the planet's rock layers. Try your hand at reconstructing geologic history with this fossil-filled puzzle.
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Fossil Find
Curriculum Materials
for grades 5 through 8
Once paleontologists find a fossil, the truly exacting work begins. Dig up your own "fossil" to see firsthand what it takes to excavate and reconstruct a skeleton.
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Relative Speed of Dinosaurs
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for grades 6 through 8
Put your scientific skills to the test to see if you can figure out tell by their footprints if dinosaurs were walking, trotting, or running.
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