Museum Kits

Students investigate the diversity among dinosaurs by developing different strategies for grouping them together. This activity introduces students to scientific terms and dinosaurs that are used throughout the kit.

Unifying Concepts and Processes: 4.1.1, 4.1.2

Science as Inquiry: 4.2.1

Life Science: 4.4.1, 4.4.3

Contents:

16 Dinosaur Models:

4 Dinosaurs poster series:

Dinosaur Groups Activity Sheet

16 Dinosaur Information Cards

Dinosaurs Golden Guide

Students explore how scientists use the distribution of dinosaur fossils to understand the movements of the continents.

Unifying Concepts and Processes: 4.1.2

Science as Inquiry: 4.2.1

Earth and Space Science: 4.5.3

Contents:

Map Puzzle Activity Sheet (template)

6 Small dinosaur models:

Moving Continents Model

North America in the Age of Dinosaurs poster

National Geographic Vol. 183; January, 1993

Students explore the vast span of geologic time. First they consider big numbers, then take some guesses about important past events and locate them on an arm's length map of time.

Nebraska Science Standards:

Unifying Concepts and Processes: 4.1.2

Science as Inquiry: 4.2.1

Contents:

Million Appreciation Lesson (template)

The Tower of Time poster

Students will practice excavation skills and train their eyes to distinguish dinosaur bone from rock.

Nebraska Science Standards:

Unifying Concepts and Processes: 4.1.2

Science as Inquiry: 4.2.1

Earth and Space Science: 4.5.1

Contents:

Grid Map Activity Card (template)

5 Specimen sets each containing:

5 Tool kits each containing:

Geological Bedrock Map of Nebraska

10 Dinosaur bone fragments

15 Small rocks

Fossils Tell of Long Ago

Students explore dinosaur behavior by creating dinosaur track records.

Nebraska Science Standards:

Unifying Concepts and Processes: 4.1.2

Science as Inquiry: 4.2.1

Earth and Space Science: 4.5.1

Life Science: 4.4.3

Contents:

Dinosaur Track Challenge Activity Card (template)

5 Dinosaur Footprints Activity Card (templates)

A Glimpse of the Past poster

On the Tracks of Dinosaurs

Trace fossils included in the kit: