Dinosaur Links

Web sites about dinosaurs to explore at home.

KidsClick Dinosaurs

KidsClick was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System, as a logical step in addressing concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites. It is a wonderful starting point for kids who need to find information on the Internet. It allows searches by specific categories organized using the Dewey Decimal system.

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The Dino Dictionary

http://www.dinodictionary.com/imain.html

Find out information about more than 300 different dinosaurs. Listen to the pronunciation of their names just by clicking on the phonetic spelling of that name. The Arts & Letters Dinosaur Database is part of the Arts & Letters Jurassic Art program. The database contains detailed information on hundreds of dinosaurs and dinosaur related topics. Beginners and experts alike will love the detail contained within this extraordinary collection of information.

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Dino Fact File A-Z Fact File

http://www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/fact_files/glossary_a_b.htm

Excellent resource! Australian site for the BBC's Walking With Dinosaurs program.

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BBC - Walking With Dinosaurs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/

It's by the BBC, what more can I say? Professional, high quality and comprehensive

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Zoom Dinosaurs

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/

"Zoom Dinosaurs is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs. It is designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic, and then to progress to more advanced information as desired."

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When Dinosaurs Roamed America

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/dinos/dinos.html

The Discovery Channel special, When Dinosaurs Roamed America, set new standards for scientific accuracy in depicting how dinosaurs looked and lived. Watch some of the dinosaurs in this animation from the program. Other sections include: ZIP Code Dino Finder, Go Back In Time, Latest Discoveries, Why North America, Fossil Help, Walking With Dinos, Dinosaur Guide, and Dinos On TV.

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Scholastic Online Activities Center

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/dinosaurs/

Scholastic Books has a nice selection of activities about dinosaurs under the headings; All About Dinosaurs, Show What You Know, Dinosaurs Under Construction and a Teachers Guide

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Dinosaurs: Facts and Fiction

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/

This web site by the U.S. Geological Survey contains answers to some frequently asked questions about dinosaurs, with current ideas and evidence to correct some long-lived popular misconceptions

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Paleontology!

http://www.paleontology.esmartstudent.com/dinosaurs.html

A simple, student made, easy to use site about dinosaurs

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Dinosauria On-Line

http://www.dinosauria.com/

Dinosauria On-Line is meant for the serious enthusiast and rank amateur alike. Discussions are both technical and at a level at which those without formal education in paleontology can understand and enjoy.

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Dino Directory

http://flood.nhm.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dino/

The Natural History Museum in London, England has a comprehensive archive of information about dinosaurs. Be sure to explore the many different components: Dinosaurs of the Gobi Desert, Dino-Birds - the new exhibition, Dino Directory - a guide to 117 dinosaurs, including Velociraptor and Spinosaurus, Dinosaur data files - datasheets you can print out., Recreating dinosaurs - A science casebook, Meet T.rex

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University of California, Berkley Museum of Paleontology

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

UCMP's enormous collection of on-line exhibits can be explored as a class, used for individual research or explored just for fun.

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Dinosaurs

http://photo2.si.edu/dino/dino.html

A good example of a student made web site about dinosaurs from Nova Scotia, Canada

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Dinosaur National Monument

http://www.nps.gov/dino/

Dinosaur National Monument protects a large deposit of fossil dinosaur bones--remains of the so-called "terrible lizards" that lived millions of years ago. Today, many ideas about dinosaurs are changing, and the fossils at Dinosaur National Monument continue to help us learn more about these fascinating animals.

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Photographs From Smithsonian Exhibits: The Dinosaur Hall, National Museum of Natural History

http://photo2.si.edu/dino/dino.html

This simple site has six enlargable pictures from the Dinosaur Hall of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

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The Dinosauria On-Line Dinosaur Omnipedia

http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/dmlf.htm

The Dinosauria On-Line Dinosaur Omnipedia is maintained by Dinosauria On-Line on behalf of the Dinosaur Mailing List for use by the list and the public at large. The Dinosaur Mailing List is an e-mail based newsgroup, owned by Mickey Rowe, for scientific discussions about dinosaurs.
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Dino Data

http://www.dinodata.net/

There is a huge amount of information here for kindergartners and graduate students. Check it out.

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Dinosaur Floor: Meet The Dinosaurs

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/dinosaurflr/meet.html

Find out about dinosaurs by time period. Site by Wheeling Jesuit College\

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Dinosaurs For K - 12

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/dinosaurs.htm

This page features links to Internet pages about individual dinosaurs by the Internet School Library Media Center. Tons and tons of links about individual dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs & Other Paleontology Books for Children & Young Adults

http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/paleobib.htm

Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center's bibliography of juvenile titles related to paleontology. Topics include dinosaurs, fossils, mass extinction of dinosaurs and related topics. The ISLMC is a meta site where teachers, school librarians, parents and teachers can find curriculum related resources.
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Dinosaur Field Trip

http://www.field-guides.com/sci/dino/

Dinosaurs: A Prehistoric Adventure for Grades 1-3 By Theresa Hughes-Feletar

This module contains web sites which demonstrate scientific fact about the life and extinction of dinosaurs. As some of the sites are animated and interactive, it provides excellent opportunity for the students to be active participants in their search for knowledge about dinosaurs.

The teacher resource tour, which is an accumulation of World Wide Web resources related to the study of dinosaurs.

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How To Draw A Cartoon Dinosaur

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OFi-oTxkgI

If you are OK with having your child visit YouTube, this is a really cute, easy demonstration of how to draw a cartoon dinosaur.