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This information about other types of living things that coexisted with the dinosaurs describes the major types of plants and animals that lived during the Mesozoic Era, what they did and how they interacted. It points out that the diet of dinosaurs and other animals is known through the existence of coprolites. There is also a section that describes the insects of that time.
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This
site
provides
a
variety
of
activities
and
information
for
young
people.
In
a
section
called
Rocks
in
Your
Cabinet,
students
start
with
a
clickable
kitchen
scene.
For
each
item,
they
are
taken
to
an
information
screen
that
explains
the
rock
or
mineral
and
how
it
has
been
used
in
the
item.
Other
sections
at
this
site
include
Amazing
Adventures,
which
is
the
story
of
the
hunt
for
meteorites
on
the
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This
site
provides
a
variety
of
information
and
photographs
about
earth
science.
Features
include
the
searchable
Earth
Science
World
ImageBank,
which
features
thousands
of
images
of
all
aspects
of
earth
science.
Also
at
this
site
can
be
found
an
Interactive
Geological
Time
Scale,
a
virtual
oil-well
game
and
a
book
center.
There
is
also
information
about
careers
in
the
earth
sciences
and
Earth
Science
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In
this
activity
students
study
a
United
States
Geologic
Survey
(USGS)
topographic
map
of
the
area
where
their
school
is
located
and
compare
it
with
a
similar
map
of
a
different
area.
They
will
also
study
the
USGS
map
symbols.
During
this
activity
students
will
identify
a
variety
of
topographic
map
symbols,
locate
their
school
and
surrounding
area
on
a
topographic
map,
and
make
generalizations
about
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In
this
activity
students
are
given
two
copies
of
a
customized
topographic
map.
They
color
in
parts
of
one
of
the
maps
according
to
a
key
while
the
other
copy
of
the
map
is
used
as
a
template
for
cutting
pieces
of
light
cardboard
that
will
represent
the
elevation
at
various
contour
levels.
Students
then
glue
the
cardboard
layers
in
a
stack
as
appropriate,
using
the
colored
copy
of
the
map
as
a
guide
...
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The
Ulysses
Space
Mission
Word
Search
is
a
word
search
game
that
includes
words
relating
to
the
Ulysses
space
mission
that
explored
unknown
regions
of
space
above
the
north
and
south
poles
of
the
Sun.
Windows
to
the
Universe
is
a
user-friendly
learning
system
pertaining
to
the
Earth
and
Space
sciences.
The
objective
of
this
project
is
to
develop
an
innovative
and
engaging
web
site
that
spans
the
Earth
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This
website
highlights
the
themes
and
research
sites
of
the
Lake
Temiskaming
Fossil
Center
located
in
Notre-Dame-du-Nord,
Quebec.
Focusing
on
the
Ordovician-Silurian
period
(from
505
to
400
million
years
ago),
the
site
is
designed
to
increase
the
understanding
of
life
on
Earth
during
the
earliest
stages
of
evolution.
A
series
of
slide
shows
introduce
the
geology
of
the
region,
the
flora
and
fauna
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Mission
Geography
uses
existing
NASA
data
and
images
where
possible
to
engage
students
in
active,
hands-on
inquiry,
modeling
the
scientific
method
and
developing
students'
understanding
of
environment-society
relations
and
Earth
science.
This
module
focuses
on
Earth
as
our
home
and
investigates
the
physical
and
human
landscapes
in
which
we
live.
Students
learn
that
the
world's
population
is
unevenly
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Mission
Geography
uses
existing
NASA
data
and
images
where
possible
to
engage
students
in
active,
hands-on
inquiry,
modeling
the
scientific
method
and
developing
students'
understanding
of
environment-society
relations
and
Earth
science.
This
module
looks
at
many
different
kinds
of
paths
and
considers
why
paths
are
where
they
are
and
how
they
look
from
space.
People
and
animals
make
paths
that
take
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This
site
describes
the
skeleton
of
Tyrannosaurus
rex
at
the
University
of
California
Museum
of
Paleontology
and
includes
active
links
for
more
information.
The
first,
Meet
T.
rex
gives
general
information
about
the
animal.
The
second
link,
Building
T.
rex,
includes
pictures
of
the
actual
construction
of
the
skeleton.
The
third
link
contains
children's
art
depicting
various
dinosaurs.
The
final
link
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