Animals of long ago
Students will develop an awareness of animals of long ago.

Digging in the Past
Students will understand through hands on activities how geologists uncover the fossilized remains of organisms that lived long ago. This lesson plan is to be used after the study of fossil formation.

Fossil Footsteps
After studying photos of dinosaur tracks, students will create their own tracks using clay. In addition, students will compose a story about the dinosaur the animal that created the tracks.

Fossils
The purpose of this activity is to teach the children how fossils help us learn about the Earth's past.

Discovering Dinosaurs
Students will learn about how scientists use evidence left by the dinosaurs to tell what dinosaurs looked like and how they behaved.

Where Are the Dinosaurs?
Students will explore the concept of extinction by studying dinosaurs.

Extinct Animals
This three lesson unit focuses on cause and effect of environmental changes that cause living things to become extinct.

The Travels of Babar: An Adventure in Scales
Students will be aware of extinct and endangered animals and the need for societal involvement in the prevention of extinction.
 

Zoom Dinosaur A comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs. It is designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic, and then to progress to much more advanced information as desired, simply by clicking on links.

Science Online A must see! Great site for links to Blueprint Skills, Lesson Plans, Topical Sites, Interactive Websites for Students and Worksheets

Science Clips You will find an alphabetical list of science interactive movie clips.

Dinosaurs Tours This Magic School Bus site has a game, video clip, and a quiz about dinosaurs.

Animals in Trouble This website has an online riddle activity. Students read the riddle and try to guess the animal being described.

E-Patrol Endangered Alert
Visit the different continents and learn about the endangered animals that live there

EekoWorld By using the EekoWorld activities, students can learn how their actions can have a positive or negative effect on the environment. You can create your own creature and then play the games. The choices you make in the games effect your creature's ability to survive.
 

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