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Beyond T. rex: A Dinosaur Cladogram (title provided or enhanced by cataloger)
Students will have the chance to see some strange and unusual dinosaurs they have never heard of when they can play with the cladogram. A cladogram is like a family tree. It's a way of organizing dinosaurs based on the unique characteristics they share, like a three-toed foot or a hole in the hip socket. In order to see the information the student will roll over a dinosaur's name to see its picture, click the dinosaur name and roll over a blue dot to discover how dinosaurs on a branch of this tree are related and what physical characteristics they share. Nineteen dinosaurs are featured.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Computer activity
  • Text:
    • Ref. material
Subject:
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Paleontology
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
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DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-008-200
Educational standards:
  • National Science Education Standards (NSES):
    • 5-8:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Evolution and equilibrium
        • Form and function
        • Systems, order, and organization
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Understanding about scientific inquiry
      • C - Life science:
        • Diversity and adaptations of organisms
        • Regulation and behavior
        • Reproduction and heredity
    • 9-12:
      • Unifying concepts and processes:
        • Evolution and equilibrium
        • Form and function
        • Systems, order, and organization
      • A - Science as inquiry:
        • Understandings about scientific inquiry
      • C - Life science:
        • Biological evolution
Related resources:
This resource is part of 'Paleontology: The Big Dig'
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Publisher: American Museum of Natural History, Ology
http://ology.amnh.org/index.html