Adventures in paleontology : 36 classroom fossil activities / by Thor Hansen and Irwin Slesnick ; illustrations by D.W. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hansen, Thor A.

Contributor:

Slesnick, Irwin L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleontology--Study and teaching (Middle school)--Activity programs.

Paleontology.

Paleontology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Arlington, VA : NSTA Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book helps students learn by doing. Why look at a picture of a fossil cast in a book when you can make one? Why listen to a lecture about meteorites when you can collect them yourself?"-Co-author Thor Hansen Millions of years after vanishing from Earth, dinosaurs still have the power to stir students' curiosity.

Contents:

Table of Contents; Introduction; How Do Fossils Form?; What Can You Learn From Fossils?; Mass Extinction and Meteor Collisions With Earth; How Are Fossils Collected and Prepared?; How Can You Tell the Age of Earth?; How Did Dinosaurs Evolve?; Diversity, Classification, and Taxonomy; Fossils in Society; When Are Fossils Art?; Glossary; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-21777-8

9786611217778

1-933531-99-1

OCLC:

567836937

Publisher Number:

9781933531991

9780873552721