Digging Dinosaurs: Discovering Utah’s Fossils (K-12, Geology, Earth Science)
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DESCRIPTION: This toolbox provides teachers with one-of-a-kind Museum casts of dinosaurs unearthed by Utah paleontologists.
CONTENTS:
Fossil Specimens:
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- Allosaurus upper jaw bone with teeth
- Tyrannosaurus rex tooth
- Utahraptor hand claw
- Grallator track (footprint)
- Black bear jaw
- Elk jaw
- Coyote jaw
- Diabloceratops skull frill piece & horn
- Apatosaurus hip bone with tooth marks
- Tarbosaurus toe bones
- Dinosaur egg
- Modern and fossilized seashell
- Modern and petrified wood
Books:
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- DK Eyewitness: Fossil by Dr. Paul Taylor
- DK Eyewitness: Dinosaur (with CD & Poster) by David Lambert
- Bones Rock! by Peter Larson & Kristin Donnan
- Dinosaurs of Utah by Pat Bagley
- Digging Up Dinosaurs by Aliki
Other materials:
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- DVD—A Fossil’s Journey
- NHMU
- Measuring Tapes (5)
- Hand Lenses (5)
- Laminated Dino Fact Cards (for each dinosaur fossil cast in crate) (8)
- Laminated Deep Time Maps – World and Utah (23)
- Meet the NHMU Paleontologists (2 bios)
- Utah’s Newest Dinosaur Discoveries (articles & photos)
- Rules for Collecting Fossils in Utah
- Utah in the Age of the Dinosaurs
- Where to see fossils in Utah – Utah Museums
- Quarries
- Tracksites
- List of good websites
- Care of Fossil Casts Sheet
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here for the complete inventory list.
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GRADE/SUBJECT: K-8; Geology, Earth Science
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Website