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Objective: 25 January 2013. Describe the features of dinosaurs. Intro. Take out: Agenda, Weekly WS #20 & Paleontology PROJECT Weekly WS #20: INTRO & OUTRO: Write “KWL Chart in notebook”. Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs. What is a Dinosaur?.

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  1. Objective: 25 January 2013 Describe the features of dinosaurs. Intro • Take out: Agenda, Weekly WS #20 & Paleontology PROJECT • Weekly WS #20: • INTRO & OUTRO: Write “KWL Chart in notebook” Dinosaurs

  2. Dinosaurs

  3. Dinosaurs • What is a Dinosaur? • A now extinct group of animals that dominated the earth for 160 million years.

  4. Dinosaurs • When were dinosaurs discovered? • Dinosaur remains have been discovered for thousands of years, but no one really knew what they were until the early 1800’s.

  5. Dinosaurs • Myths about dinosaurs • Dragons • Giants • Other mythical beasts

  6. Dinosaurs • What were dinosaurs like? • Fast moving, very active creatures • some ate meat • others ate plants • while some ate the eggs of other dinosaurs!

  7. Dinosaurs • What was the Earth like when dinosaurs walked it? • A lush tropical rainforest, mixed with deserts and large oceans, and very few cold climates.

  8. Dinosaurs • What happened to the dinosaurs? • A large asteroid hit the earth at the tip of the Yucatan peninsula (in Central America) • Occurred 65 million years ago • Triggered a climate change which led to their extinction

  9. Objective: 25 January 2013 Describe the features of dinosaurs. Outro Complete your KWL chart.

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