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1. ARTS & LETTERS DINOSAUR DATABASE (ENCYCLOPEDIA)
http://www.arts-letters.com/dino2/ency/index.html Contains detailed information on a huge number of dinosaurs. In If Dinosaurs Could Talk… dinosaurs talk about themselves. Sections: The Age of Dinosaurs, Discovery & Classification, Dinosaur Records, Theories & Controversies, Dictionary, Where to See Dinosaurs, Appendix and Glossary. Includes a Teacher section with lesson ideas. Excellent 2. DEBATES
ABOUT DINOSAURS
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http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/ollivier/dinosaurs.html Extensive information on current views about dinosaurs including how they lived and the function of their bodies. Sections: Dinosaurs’ Metabolism, Dinosaurs’ Lifestyles, The Dinosaur Bird-link, Dinosaur Extinction, Links and a Table of the Discussions. Includes the several viewpoints (such as on the Cretaceous/Tertiary extinction). Excellent 3. DINO-DICTIONARY.COM
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http://www.dinodictionary.com/ A dinosaur dictionary with information on over 300 dinosaurs. Includes the Dino Quizzical, a dinosaur hunting quiz. Excellent 4. DINOQUEST
SAHARA
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/dinoquest/ Details a four-month search of four sites in Niger for dinosaur bones. Dispatches from each site tell of their search and their finds. Includes photos and drawings. Sections: Dispatches, Resources & Links, and Classroom Ideas. Excellent 5. DINORAMA
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/dinorama/frame.html Information on dinosaurs through National Geographic expeditions and specials. Sections: Why Feathers?, A T. rex Called Sue, History’s Nursery, Moving Monsters, Desert Discovery, Dinosaur Eggs, and Early Birds. Includes video clips, timelines, a CT scan of Sue, photos, news coverage, links and more. Excellent 6. DINO-ROAR
http://www.sciam.com/explorations/121597dinosaur/ “A computer simulation gives voice to a long-extinct dinosaur”. Scientists analyzed CT scans of dinosaur skulls and used this as a reference to create a sound file that may well reproduce how a dinosaur sounded. Includes sound and video files. Excellent 7. DINOSAUR
DIG AND KIDS’ HABITAT
http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/dinosaur/index.html Sections: Name That Reptile!, Meteors and Mass Extinction, Dinosaur Bytes, Finding Fossils, Death of a Nodosaur, and Jurassic Jumble (word search to do online or print out). Excellent 8. THE DINOSAUR INTERPLANETARY GAZETTE
http://www.dinosaur.org/frontpage.html Billing itself as the "Ultimate Online Dinosaur Magazine”, it may just be that. Some of the features: Dino Feature Stories, Calendar, Dino Links, Ask Dr. Fred, The Bone Zone, Celluloid Dinosaurs, Dino TV Week, Dino Time Machine, Dino Trekking, Dino Humor, Dino Dish, Dino Talk, Saur-O-Find-O-Matic, Book of the Week and more. Includes lots of pictures. Good information, both silly and serious. Excellent 9. DINOSAUR LINKS
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinolinks.html A long list of links to information on dinosaurs. Sections: Dinosaur-Oriented Sites, Dinosaurs & Paleontology, Dinosaurs in Museums, Organizations & Institutions, Dinosaur Art & Models, Dinosaurs as Movie Stars, and Not Dinosaurs But Worthy of Mention. Check out the Dinosaurs for Kids. Excellent 10.
Dinosaur
Printable Activity Sheets and Dinosaur Mini Facts
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http://www.abcteach.com/Dinosaurs/dinosaurTOC.htm Links to printable activity sheets for primary and elementary grades on dinosaurs. Pages include: Dinosaur Facts, Dinosaur Survey, Dinosaur Story Planner, Dinosaur Bar Graph, Dinosaur Research, Dinosaur Poem, Dinosaur Did You Know Card, Dinosaur Unscramble, Raptor Wordsearch, Dinosaur Crossword, T-Rex Shape Book and much more. Excellent 11. DINOSAUR
TREKS
http://library.thinkquest.org/C005824/ Follow the treks and solve the mystery. Includes a Teacher’s Section with lesson plans. Includes three sequential treks, fact sheets, games and much more. Outstanding. Excellent 12.
DINOSAURS – SEVEN LESSON PLANS
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http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/dinosaurs/welcome.html A seven-lesson
multidisciplinary unit on dinosaurs. Sections: Lesson Overview, Teacher Background Information,
Lesson Focus, Lessons 1-7, References, Spanish Language Translations, and
Dinosaur Resources. Excellent 13. DINOSAURS
IN THE DUNES
http://www.discovery.com/area/specials/gobi/gobi1.html An account of the expedition to the Mongolian desert in Asia to search for dinosaur fossils. Previous Dispatches contains daily accounts of the journey with accompanying photos. The Bone Zone includes Who’s Who, Found So Far, Maps and more. Click on the thumbnail photos on the home page for a photo tour of the expedition. Excellent 14. DINOSAURS
ONLINE FIELD TRIP
http://www.field-trips.org/sci/dino/ “A Prehistoric Adventure for Grades 1-3”. Introductory Sections: Introduction, Objectives and Terms to Learn. Then enter the tour. Excellent 15. DINOSAURIA ON-LINEIncludes Journal of Dinosaur Paleontology, Dino-Store, Dino-Dispatches, DOL Dino‑Omnipedia, Dinosaur Picture Gallery, Links and more. Excellent 16. DISCOVERING
DINOSAURS
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http://dinosaurs.eb.com/dinosaurs/index2.html A examination of how our views of dinosaurs have changed from 1820 to the present as more fossils are found. Sections include: Great Sauropods Wallow in a Watery World; Life Before the Flood: Hot and Swampy; Toothy Birds Imply Warm Blood and more. Excellent 17. DISCOVERING
DINOSAURS ACTIVITY GUIDE
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http://dinosaurs.eb.com/dinosaurs/study/index.htm A classroom activity guide on dinosaurs using the information in the Discovering Dinosaurs web site. Sections: My Adopted Dinosaur, Did You Have A Dinosaur for Dinner Yesterday?, Where Did Everybody Go?, What’s New?, and a Teacher’s Guide. Excellent 18. FOSSIL
HORSES IN CYBERSPACE
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http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/vertpaleo/fhc/fhc.htm Web site for the “virtual
museum exhibit developed by the Florida Museum of Natural History” Sections: What’s In a Name?; Internet Browsers and
Grazers: Gallery of Fossil Horses; Stratigraphy: Layer by Layer; and Sedimental
Journey: Geological Time Scales. Excellent 19.
JURASSIC PARK INSTITUTE
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http://www.jpinstitute.com/index.jsp A fun,
colorful with a Dinopedia, Dino News, Dino Guides, Today’s Feature: The
Dinosaur Had Heart, Dino of the Day, Fact of the Day, Where Dinos Roam, and the
JPI Club. The Dinotainment section
contains games, puzzles and activities. Excellent 20. LEARNING
PAGE.COM - DINOSAURS
http://207.228.250.31/free_pages/menu_wkshts/fact_dino.html Fact sheets and more to download and print out. Includes: Fact Files, Fun Sheets, Murals, Cut-outs, Lesson Plans, Teacher Note and Clipart. Excellent 21. SEQUENCING
TIME – WHAT CAME FIRST? – WHO’S ON FIRST? – LESSON PLANS
http://www.sciam.com/explorations/070196explorations.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/ScotchmoorFirst.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/fosrec/BarBar.html Three related and sequential lesson plans on understanding how time passed and life on earth changed over time. Excellent 22. SUE
AT THE FIELD MUSEUM The story of the world’s largest, most complete and best-preserved T.rex skeleton. Sections: Who is Sue?; What’s New with Sue?; Sue’s Timeline of Events; Preparation & Mounting; Sue’s Skull; Facts, Theories & Speculation; Frequently Asked Questions; Image Gallery; and Just for Kids. The Kids section contains games and puzzles. Excellent 23. WALKING WITH DINOSAURS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/index.shtml Companion site to the BBC series. Sections: Chronology, Fact Files, Dig Deeper, Dinosaur Den, Dinosaur Worlds, Get Talking, How Do We Know?, Science Focus and a Big Al Game. Includes video clips, photos, drawings and more. Outstanding. Excellent 24. ZOOM
DINOSAURS
A GATEWAY SITE
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/index.html An online book on dinosaurs for students at all levels. Chapters: All About Dinosaurs, Dino Info Pages, Dino Printouts, Paleontologists, List of Dinos, Anatomy & Behavior, Mesozoic Era, Extinction, Fossils, Plants, Classification, Dino Quizzes, Dino Dictionary, Dino News, Classroom Activities, Ask a Question, Dino Talk, Dino Fun, Geologic Time Chart and more. A huge site. Outstanding. Excellent
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DINO-FISH
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http://www.dinofish.com/testframemain.html Predating the
dinosaurs, the coelacanth continues to swim our oceans.
Thought to be extinct for 65 million years, the coelacanth was found in
1938. Sections: Home, News, Recent
History, Conservation, Biology & Behavior, Virtual Coelacanth Webcam,
Coelashop, Online Videos, and Links. Very
Good 26. DINOBASE
– DINOSAUR DATABASE
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http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/dinobase/dinopage.html Dinosaur information site for the University of Bristol in England. Sections: Dinosaur Pictures, Dinosaur Genera/Species List (by alphabet, by author, by date and an Alphabetical Genera List), Dinosaur Taxonomy, Find Out More, Reading, Dinosaur Studies at Bristol University. Very Good 27. THE
DINOSAUR ART OF JOE TUCCIARONE
http://members.aol.com/Dinoplanet/joe.html Realistic paintings of dinosaurs give a good idea of how each looked. Includes statistics such as size, diet, period and type. Galleries: Meat-Eating Dinosaurs, Plant-Eating Dinosaurs, Ancient Mammals, and Dinosaur Dot Comics. Very Good 28. DINOSAUR
BABIES, FOSSILS AND MAKE YOUR OWN DINOSAUR – LESSON PLAN
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Paleontology/PAL0005.html A lesson plan for grades 1-6 on identifying fossils. Includes Goals, Objectives, Background Info, Concepts, Materials, Procedure, and Assessment. Very Good 29. DINOSAUR
CLASSROOM CLIPART
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http://63.200.14.139/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Dinosaurs Thirty-four dinosaur clipart images to download. Includes full-color illustrations. Very Good 30.
DINOSAUR DELIGHT WEBQUEST
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http://www.coollessons.org/indexduffy.html A webquest for
grades K-3 in which students take on the role of paleontologist, mathematician
and botanist to uncover the mystery of dinosaurs.
Very Good 31. DINOSAUR EGGS
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/dinoeggs/ “Join us now for an online egg hunt and catch the excitement of fossil researchers as they “hatch” fossilized dinosaur eggs to reveal the embryos inside. Tour our museum of dinosaur hatchlings, meet the modelers” and more. Sections: Hunt, Hatch, Model, and Museum. Includes 5 QTVR clips to download, links and further resources. Very Good 32.
DINOSAUR EXTINCTION WEBQUEST
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http://www.geocities.com/cherokee933/dinosaur.html A webquest for
junior and senior high students on dinosaur extinction.
“You
will gather, synthesize, evaluate, and discuss evidence, theories and research
and collaborate on a newsletter called the Extinction Event of the Mesozoic Era
-Update 2000. You will participate in a press conference and you will take the
role of one of the following renowned earth scientists”
Very Good 33. DINOSAUR
TRACKS – A WEBQUEST
http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq36/page1.htm A webquest in which students are assigned, either individually or in groups to create a map showing dinosaur tracks and where they are found. Sections: The Task, The Process, Resource, Learning Advice, Reflection, and Conclusion. Very Good 34. DINOSAUR
VALLEY
http://www.dinosaurvalley.com/home.html Located in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, “Dinosaur Valley” is a canyon where many dinosaur fossils have been discovered. Check out the Kidzone for a Dinosaur Coloring Book, Devil’s Coulee (puzzles), Dinosaur Picture Gallery (incl. a comparison drawing showing it’s relative size to man),Paleontology as a Career, What is a Dinosaur?, Groups of Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Facts, and a Geological Time Scale. Very Good 35. DINOSAUR
WEBQUEST – GREETINGS FROM THE CHIEF
http://www.lfelem.lfc.edu/tech/DuBose/webquest/Vaccarella/WQPS_VV.html The assignment: to travel back in time to collect some dinosaur DNA. Includes: Gather Background Info, Check the Geologic Time Line & Cladogram, and Checklist Before You Return. Very Good 36. THE
DINOSAURICON Informative site with a lot of dinosaur drawings. Sections: Art Gallery (over 800 images), Genus Index, Classification, Ages of the Mesozoic, Paleo-Maps, Dinosaurs by Continent, and more. Very Good 37. DYNASTIES
OF STONE An online gallery of Paleolithic paintings and drawings. Sections: Dinosaurs, Tertiary Mammals and Paleozoics. Click on the thumbnail for a larger view of each painting. Very Good 38. GEOMYSTERIES
WITH REX THE DINO DETECTIVE
http://www.childrensmuseum.org/geomysteries/index2.html Help Rex the Dino Detective solve mysteries about rocks and fossils. Includes Geo Mysteries, Geologic Timeline (excellent), Fast FAQs and Field Tips for Field Trips. Very Good 39.
HERE COME THE DINOSAURS! WEBQUEST
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http://www.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/dinosaurs.html A webquest for
upper elementary students on dinosaurs. Very Good 40. IN
THE FIELD: JAELYN EBERLE INVESTIGATES FOSSIL MAMMALS IN THE DENVER BASIN
NEW! http://nature.ca/discover/field/eberle/2000/denvr1_e.cfm A personal account of digging for fossil mammals in the Denver Basin in August 2000. Sections: Setting the Stage, South Table Mountain, An Ancient Miami?, Life Goes On, Success At Last!, New Exciting Research and more. Very Good 41. NATIONAL
MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY – DINOSAUR EXHIBITS ONLINE
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http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/dino/ Online exhibits of the National Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Hall (Smithsonian, Washington, DC). Sections: Exhibits A-Z, Dinosaur Groups, Dinosaur Types, Jurassic Dinosaurs, Cretaceous Dinosaurs, Top 10 Misconceptions About Dinosaurs (see elsewhere on list), Special Tours, Field Work and Time Scale. Includes a dinosaur anatomy lesson. Very Good 42. PREHISTORIC
WORLD IMAGES
NEW! A large collection of paintings showing the prehistoric world and dinosaurs. Arranged by periods. Gives students a better idea of the dinosaur than just a fossil. Very Good 43. TOP
10 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT DINOSAURS
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http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/faq.html Much of what we think we know about dinosaurs isn’t really true. Here are some of the commonly held misconceptions. Short but very good. 44. WILLO
– THE DINOSAUR WITH A HEART Discusses the discovery of a fossilized dinosaur heart, which has thrown into question previously held beliefs about the relation of dinosaurs to reptiles. Includes a false-color 3D reconstruction of Willo’s heart, photos and sketches. Very Good
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