Adventures in Paleontology : 36 Classroom Fossil Activities.
Title:
Adventures in Paleontology : 36 Classroom Fossil Activities.
Author:
Slesnick, Irwin L.
ISBN:
9781933531991
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (139 pages)
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.
Abstract:
"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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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