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Additional Search Results 1 - 10 of 30 for Mesozoic
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1. Reconstructing A Fossil Pterosaur
...ent tape 3. Metric ruler Instructional strategy: 1. Introduce the Animal Kingdom-Birds, Evolution, Habitats, and characteristics Worksheet. 2. Discuss the Geologic Calendar Worksheet. 3. Discuss Early History, Paleozoic: Life Leaves the Sea. Pass out fossils showing stems. 4. Discuss Early History, Mesozoic: Mammals Emerge, Reptiles Reign: Amphibian Modern Skeleton Reptilian Modern Skeleton Aves Modern Skeleton Mammalian Modern Skeleton Recommended strategy: 1. Phenomenological approach - pass out envelopes containing bones of Scaphognathus crassirostis. 2. Direct students to assemble the skeleton in t...
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2. Paleogeographic Mapping
...ch from Science Kit & Boreal Laboratories, 777 East Park Drive, Tonawanda, NY 14150.] Materials Handout of map Crayons or colored pencils Procedures 1. Pass out the maps. Explain that this is a map of an imaginary continent. Locations A through I are places where fossils have been found in rocks of Mesozoic age (the "Age of Dinosaurs", roughly 70 million-250 million years ago). The object of the activity is to make a map of what the continent looked like during Mesozoic time, i.e. where the land and ocean areas were at that time. 2. Have students select colors for land and water and make a key for the...
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3. Be a Fossil Detective
...r fossils that have been previously buried. There are two goals: a) Find a large index fossil, then identify it by taking it to the geologic time scale and matching it with the attached fossils. The age of the deposit is then determined. [Whereas any index fossil can be used, it is recommended that Mesozoic fossils be employed; thus, the deposit will be of "The Age of Dinosaurs"]. Assistance from the instructor should be available for younger students. b) Find smaller fossils (preferably shark's teeth); at the end of the exercise, the student can be allowed to keep his or her favorite fossil found, thu...
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4. Plate Tectonics
...___________________________ 3. Paper map of Pacific Ocean about 100 million years ago (pdf link here) __________________________________________ 4. Paper map of Pacific Ocean about 20 million years ago (pdf link here) ________________________________________ 5. Colored diagram "How it looked in the Mesozoic Era" (pdf link here) ________________________________________ 6. The Theory of Plate Tectonics, interactive software (provided by SF ROCKS) ______________________________________ 7. Handout for Tasa Plate Tectonics Software (web link here)Note: Questions we use in freshman-level college classes woul...
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5. Geology of SF
...nnections Chapter 17.3 Minerals and Rocks This lesson compliments: A Teacher's Guide to a Bay Area Geologic Map Background Information The geology of San Francisco is unique because within the Franciscan Complex, rocks of all three types occur together, and this is key to understanding the ancient (Mesozoic) plate tectonic margin of California. (Review the web movies from "Geologic Materials, Plate Tectonics, and the Watershed" if needed) and review Lisa White's presentation for the UCMP It is important to note that the Franciscan Complex is not limited to the city of San Francisco. It is distributed t...
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6. Geologic Time Scale
...cipatory Set: Students will try to put reptiles, birds, fish, mammals, plants, dinosaurs into sequential order from first to now. Discussion will follow. The Lesson: Geologic Time Cartoon: Students will be put into groups of three, each student in a group will be responsible for one ear (Paleozoic, Mesozoic, or Cenozoic). Students will receive a basic landscape with mountain, land, and water in 1. addition to a packet of coordinating cartoon animals and plants to place in their respective era cartoon scene. Students within each group will share their cartoons and explain the change in life from one era...
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7. Geologic Time When Was Coal Formed? - Sec.
...ra. Era Period Length in years Length on tape Major Events Precambrian Total Length 4 billion Cambriam 70 million Ordovician 70 million Silurian 35 million Paleozoic Devonian 50 million Mississippian 25 million Pennsylvanian 40 million Permian 55 million Total Length 354 million Triassic 35 million Mesozoic Jurassic 54 million Cretaceous 71 million Total Length 160 million Cenozoic Tertiary 63 million Quarternary ======== Activity developed by: Beverly Bowers, Mannington Middle School, Fairmont, West Virginia and the American Coal Foundation
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8. Fossilized dinosaur heart
...t side "Then" and the right side "Now." Have each group list at least four differences in the way we think about dinosaurs, citing previous thinking on the left and new thoughts on the right. RELATED SITES Dinosaur classification Ornithischian dinosaurs Saurischian dinosaurs Lizard-hipped dinosaurs Mesozoic era Note: Pages will open in a new browser window External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive. A join venture of CNN.com Turner Privacy About CNNfyi.com Back to top Learning Feedback _ © 2000 Cable News Network. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you. _
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9. Dinosaur Biology
...esized these reason for the larger size of carnivorous dinosaurs: 1. These dinosaurs were cold-blooded. Therefore, they would not have to eat as often or to spend large amounts of energy maintaining a high metabolism. 2. Larger females would be able to produce more eggs than smaller females. 3. The Mesozoic world was a "greenhouse" world (with carbon dioxide levels four times greater than today and mean temperatures higher than today). Plant biomass could have been produced in greater quantities. 4. Plant communities at that time were changing to larger, taller plants that would have favored larger, ta...
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10. Geology: History of Earth
...he history of the earth as well as understanding of the study of geology. Materials Required: Access to the internet and/or access to a public library; flour, salt, cardboard or plywood and tempra paint Procedures: Assign each pair of students one of the following time periods:  Holocene Jurassic Mesozoic Miocene Oligocene Ordovician Paleozoic Paleocene Precambrian Permian Phanerozoic Pleistocene Pliocene Proterozoic Quaternary Silurian Tertiary Tommotian Triassic  Each pair of students is responsible for researching the time period assigned and answering the following question:  1. How was the e...
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