Ichnologists:  You will study the fossils tracks present at the actual archeology digs by utilizing the virtual tours where the fossils were found.    You are also responsible for sketching the footprint. 

 

After viewing the virtual tours, you must be able to answer the following questions:

 

1.    What was the height of your dinosaur?  Compare the dinosaur’s height to the height of your house?

2.    What was the weight of your dinosaur?

3.    Did your dinosaur walk on all four of its legs or only on two legs?

4.    How fast did your dinosaur move? How slow?

5.    Was your dinosaur warm-blooded or cold-blooded?  Was its metabolism closer to a mammal’s or a lizard’s?

6.    Did your dinosaur use their upper limbs to grab food or did it just use its powerful jaws?  Or both?

 

                                                            

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Here are the Internet websites you will use.

  1. http://paleo.cc/paluxy/ovrdino.htm

  2. http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/

  3. http://www.childrenssoftware.com/lc/dinoegg.html

  4. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs

  5.  http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/kids.html#DIN

  6. http://www.thetrustees.org/pages/298_dinosaurs_footprints.cfn?outputtype=print

  7. http://www.fieldmuseum.org

  8.  http://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/dinosaurs

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