Digging Into Dinosaurs - Softcover

National Wildlife Federation

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070470952 ISBN 13: 9780070470958

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1997

Allows young readers to explore the amazing world of dinosaurs through an informative, fact-filled text and more than twenty-five different hands-on activities, in an introduction to paleontology that comes complete with a time-scale and full-color illustrations. Original.

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Ranger Rick'sNatureScope is a creative, activities-centered education series dedicated to inspiring in children an understanding and appreciation of the natural world, while developing the skills they will need to make responsible decisions about the environment. Teachers, parents, scout leaders, camp couselors, and anyone else committed to sharing nature with kids will want to collect all the volumes of these award-winning nature guides, filled with kid-pleasing indoor and outdoor activities. Each book includes: Reproducible "Copycat Pages," with games, puzzles, pictures to color, and more; Ready-to-use activities, including arts and crafts, creative writing, science experiments, songs, games, and curriculum tie-ins. . .with complete materials lists and step-by-step instructions; Essays and case studies from leading scientists for group discussion; Expanded glossaries and bibliographies. CLUES AND NEWS ABOUT RECENT DINO DISCOVERIES--and more than 25 activities--will unearth the fascinating world of the dinosaur for budding paleontologists. Digging into Dinosaurs enlists kids' natural interest in reading about dinosaurs, drawing them, classifying them, and "sizing them up.' to help them make discoveries about geology, predators and prey, adaptations, natural extinction, the time scale, and many other science concepts. Digging into Dinosaurs gives teachers, camp couselors, and nature center guides enjoyable and age-appropriate activities that entice children into a learning adventure centered on the reptile overloads who once ruled the Earth.

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The National Wildlife Federation� (NWF), originally established by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936, is America's largest grassroots conservation and education organization.

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