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In this activity, learners rotate through several learning and play stations to explore dinosaurs and paleontologists.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 4 - 6 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how dinosaurs are named and what their names mean. Learners listen to "The Littlest Dinosaurs" by Bernard Most.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 8 45 to 60 minutes
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This activity (page 3 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Dinosaurs) is a full inquiry investigation into fossil hunting and identification.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners interpret three trackways and use measurements and a formula to infer the relative speed of dinosaurs.

free Ages 11 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this online interactive, learners use fossils to infer temperatures 55 million years ago, at the sites where the fossils were found.

free Ages 11 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in groups to create a time line representing significant moments in their lives.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, pairs of learners will create two make-believe dig sites by burying chicken bones in plaster of Paris--a powder that hardens when wet.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 2 to 4 hours
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In this activity (located on page 5 of PDF), learners work in groups to create dig sites for display.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 6 - 11 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity (page 1 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Dinosaurs), learners will model how paleontologists estimate the age of fossil discoveries by extracting “fossil” playing cards from newspa

$1 - $5 per group Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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Learners compare a life-size drawing of a Tyrannosaurus rex head and a full-size Sinornithosaurus body to understand that dinosaurs varied in size.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 11 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners discover how artists start with a skeleton and turn it into a realistic drawing of a dinosaur.

free Ages 4 - 14 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, (on page 6 of the PDF under SciGirls Activity: Dinosaurs) learners participate in a hands-on fossil excavation.

$5 - $10 per group Ages 8 - 14 1 to 2 hours
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On an imaginary fossil hunt, learners "find" (remove from envelope) paper "fossils" of some unknown creature, only a few at a time.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore how dinosaurs are named and what their names mean. Learners listen to "The Littlest Dinosaurs" by Bernard Most.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 6 - 8 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity (located on page 2 of PDF), learners sing together a song that gives details about the dinosaur species Suchomimus (pronounced “Sook-o-mime-us”).

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 4 - 8 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, early learners simulate fossil prints in play dough or clay.

$1 - $5 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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Learners imagine they are paleontologists in Florida, where they find (remove from envelope) paper "fossils" of some unknown creature, only a few at a time.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore the work of paleontologists.

$10 - $20 per group Ages 4 - 6 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners explore dinosaurs and fossils by creating a diorama.

Over $20 per group Ages 4 - 8 1 to 2 hours
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In this activity, learners will discover how fossils are dug out of the earth by carefully exposing treasures hidden in an artificial rock that is easily made at home.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 6 - adult 10 to 30 minutes