DINOSAURS! A Pathfinder for Grade 2
	Millions of years ago, some of the strangest creatures that ever lived walked the earth. In 1842, Richard Owen, an English scientist, invented a new word to name these animals. He called them DINOSAURS! If you would like to learn more about dinosaurs, follow the links on this pathfinder. It will help you find information in your school library media center, on the Internet, and in the community about dinosaurs.
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	Print Resources-Books and Magazines
	Our library has many excellent books about DINOSAURS. A few of the books are listed below. To locate more books, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the online library catalog. NONFICTION BOOKS 567.9 Ali Aliki. Dinosaur Bones. New York : Harper Trophy, c1988. Discusses how scientists, studying fossil remains, provide information on how dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. Briefly introduces various types of dinosaurs whose skeletons and reconstructions are seen in museums. Also look for these books by the same author: 567.9 Ali Aliki. Dinosaurs are Different and 567.9 Ali Aliki. My Visit to the Dinosaurs.   567.9 Arn Arnold, Caroline. Dinosaur Mountain : Graveyard of the Past. New York : Clarion, c1988. Describes the work of paleontologists in learning about dinosaurs, especially the discoveries made at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah.   567.9 Bra Branley, Franklyn Mansfield. What Happened to the Dinosaurs? New York : Crowell, c1989. Describes various scientific theories which explore the extinction of the dinosaurs.   567.9 Bre Brenner, Barbara. Dinosaurium. New York : Bantam Books, c1993. Describes a museum tour through the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods with information about the names and habits of the dinosaurs. Includes questions for the reader to answer.   567.9 Dix Dixon, Dougal. Dougal Dixon's Dinosaurs. Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Boyds Mills, 1993. The life and times of dinosaurs, from their evolution to the present-day discovery of their fossils.   567.9 FUN Funston, Sylvia. The Dinosaur Question and Answer Book. Boston : Joy Street/Little Brown, 1992. Questions and answers provide the most commonly desired information about dinosaurs, as well as information about dinosaurs that has never appeared before.   567.9 Hor Horner, John R. Digging up Tyrannosaurus rex. New York : Crown, c1992. Describes the discovery and excavation of the world's only complete Tyrannosaurus fossil in Montana, and what was learned from it.   567.9 Las Lasky, Kathryn. Dinosaur Dig. New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1990. Follows an East Coast family as it travels to Montana to join a paleontology team in digging for dinosaur bones.   567.9 Par Parker, Steve. Dinosaurs and How They Lived. New York : Dorling Kindersley 1991. Describes the characteristics and habits of various kinds of dinosaurs, and their natural environment.   567.9 Sat Sattler, Helen Roney. The New Illustrated Dinosaur Dictionary. New York : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, c1990, c1983. A dictionary with entries for all known dinosaurs and other animals of the Mesozoic Era, as well as general topics relating to dinosaurs.   567.9 Sch Schlein, Miriam. Discovering Dinosaur Babies. New York : Four Winds Press, 1991. Explains what paleontologists have been able to determine about how the different varieties of dinosaurs cared for their young.   567.9 Sch Schlein, Miriam. Let's Go Dinosaur Tracking! New York : HarperCollins, c1991. Explores the many different kinds of tracks dinosaurs left behind and what they reveal about the dinosaurs themselves.   567.9 Sim Simon, Seymour. New Questions and Answers About Dinosaurs. New York : Morrow Junior Books, c1990. Explores new discoveries about dinosaurs and answers such questions as "Were all dinosaurs giants?" and "Which was the largest meat-eater?"   567.9 Vis Visual Dictionary of Dinosaurs. Dorling Kindersley, 1993. Text and labeled illustrations present the different types of dinosaurs and their anatomy.   567.9 Whi Whitfield, Philip. Macmillan Children's Guide to Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals. New York : Macmillan, c1992. Describes the prehistoric animals that lived in various areas of the world during the different geological periods, from the Triassic through the Cretaceous.   567.91 Par Parker, Steve Inside Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures. New York, New York : Doubleday, 1993. Text and cutaway illustrations depict the outer and inner anatomy of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. FICTION BOOKS E Car Carrick, Carol. Big Old Bones : a Dinosaur Tale. New York : Clarion Books, 1989. Professor Potts discovers some big old bones and puts them together in various ways until he is satisfied he has discovered a dinosaur that once ruled the earth.   E Car Carrick, Carol. Patrick's Dinosaurs. New York : Clarion Books/Ticknor & Fields, c1983. When his older brother talks about dinosaurs during a visit to the zoo, Patrick is afraid, until he discovers they are extinct.   E Fle Fleischman, Paul. Time Train. New York : HarperCollins, c1991. A class takes a field trip back through time to observe living dinosaurs in their natural habitat.   E Hen Hennessy, B. G. The Dinosaur Who lived in My Backyard. New York : Viking Kestrel, c1988. A young boy imagines what it was like long ago when a dinosaur lived in his backyard.   E Mos Most, Bernard. If the Dinosaurs Came Back. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1978. A young boy who wishes for the return of dinosaurs imagines how useful they would be.   E Nol Nolan, Dennis. Dinosaur Dream. New York : Macmillan, c1990. After reading about dinosaurs and then falling asleep, Wilbur sees a baby Apatosaurus outside his bedroom and travels backward through time to return it to its own time period.   FIC But Butterworth, Oliver. The Enormous Egg. Boston : Little, Brown, c1956. When Nate Twitchell's hen laid an enormous egg and then tried to hatch it, strange things began to happen.   FIC Mur Murphy, Jim. The Last Dinosaur. New York : Scholastic, c1988. Depicts what life might have been like for the last dinosaurs on earth.   FIC Osb Osborne, Mary Pope. Dinosaurs Before Dark. New York : Random House, c1992. Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic tree house, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.   MAGAZINES   Return to Top
	Online Resources--Internet Sites
	The Web sites listed on this page have been previewed and selected for this topic. If additional information is needed, use the suggested keywords and phrases to search the Internet. Kinetosaurs: Dinosaur Database You'll find information and pictures about many dinosaurs at this great site, along with answers to frequently asked questions about dinosaurs. Click on the Art links to find out about the dinosaur sculptures and art projects for kids. From Children's Museum of Indianapolis.   GeoMysteries with Rex the Dino Detective Wonderful site about rocks and fossils. Be sure to visit the FAQs about Rocks and Minerals and the Geologic Timeline. Also from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis.   Discovery Centre, Fossils A cyber-display for you to learn how fossils are formed and who studies them. From the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.   Dinosaur Dig: Kid's Habitat Site contains kid-friendly information about the importance of scientific names and what they mean, extinction of the dinosaurs, dinosaur facts, what is and what isn't a dinosaur, and facts about finding fossils.   Paleont OLogy: the Big Dig Find out about digging for dinosaurs in the Gobi Desert. Includes fun game formats for learning, but this means you'll need a fast computer! From the American Museum of Natural History.   The Great Dinosaur Egg Hunt Hunt for dinosaur eggs and watch them hatch at the National Geographic Site.   Hadrosaurus Visit the site where the first nearly-complete dinosaur fossil was discovered in 1858.   Dinosaur Tracksite Photographs View photos of actual dinosaur tracks.   Dinosaurs: Facts and Fiction Lots of new information about dinosaurs has been uncovered in the past 30 years. Find out the current scientific facts about these creatures.   The Dinosauria More current understandings about dinosaurs.   Find Dinosaur Pictures Looking for a picture of a little known dinosaur? Check this site.   ZoomDinosaurs.com Includes a LOT of information about dinosaurs, including dinosaur information sheets, dinosaur printouts, paleontologists , anatomy & behavior , extinction, Fossils, plants, quizzes, dino dictionary and more!   Interview with a Paleontologist What's it like to study dinosaurs as a career? Find out at this Canadian Museum of Nature online site.   Return to Top
	Videos, CD-ROM, Laserdiscs, etc.
	Our library has the following multimedia resources on your topic: LASER DISC 567.9 DIN Dinosaurs [Laserdisc] : fantastic creatures that ruled the earth. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution, 1989. CF 567.9 DIN Dinosaurs multimedia guide [computer disc]. Seattle, WA : Laser Learning Technologies, 1991. Search the North Central ESD Media Coop Online Catalog for videos and laserdiscs. Teachers can book online. Students - ask your teacher to send for the material you need. Return to Top
	Dewey Decimal Numbers to Browse
	If you want to browse the shelves in the library to locate information about DINOSAURS, look for these numbers: 567.9 - Dinosaurs 560 - Fossils   Return to Top
	Keywords and Phrases for Searching
	Do you need additional information? Try using these words and phrases to search Electric Library, KidQuest Magazine Index, the library online catalog, CD-ROM or print encyclopedias, and the World Wide Web: dinosaur prehistoric reptile fossils specific name of dinosaur, such as Hadrosaur paleontology paleontologist extinction extinct animals Return to Top
	Community Resources-People and Places
	The following community contacts may help you with your topic: NCRL - Wenatchee Public Library's Online Catalog Return to Top
	Information Literacy EALRs
	Reading 1. The student understands and uses different skills and strategies to read. To meet this standard, the student will 1.1 use word recognition and word meaning skills to read and comprehend text integrate appropriate reading strategies to adapt reading to different types of text 1.5 use features of non-fiction text and computer software find and sort information for a specific topic or purpose 3. The student reads different materials for a variety of purposes To meet this standard, the student will 3.1 read to learn new information locate and use a variety of resources select resources to answer a question or solve a problem    Return to Top
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