Dinosaurs for Kids!

DINOSAURS FOR KIDS!

California Academy of Sciences Library


WORLD WIDE WEB

Dino Hunt: Cool Dino Links

http://www.sjgames.com/dinohunt/links.html

Provides an extensive list of links to dinosaur-related websites.

 

Dinosaur Data Files (The Natural History Museum, London)

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/education/online/dinosaur_data_files.html

This site has links to information on specific dinosaur species.  Each file is designed to be printed and distributed for classroom use.  The site also includes suggestions for classroom activities.

 

The Dinosauria

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.html

This site’s topics include: Dispelling Dinosaur Myths, The Fossil Record, Life History & Ecology, Systematics, and More on Morphology.

 

Dinosauria Online

http://www.dinosauria.com/

This site provides links to: the Journal of Dinosaur Paleontology, a dinosaur Omnipedia, photos and illustrations of digs and artistic renditions, dinosaur news, and other dinosaur-related websites.

 

Dinosaurs (The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia)

http://www.acnatsci.org/museum/dinohall/index.html

Included in the site are a Dinosaur Hall Tour, Kid’s Section, Teacher’s Section, and other dinosaur links.

 

Dinosaurs: Learning Activities for Language Arts

http://www.marshall-es.marshall.k12.tn.us/jobe/Read-Write/dinosaur/dinosaurs.html

Books, lessons, and interactive activities are all included in this page, including links to other sites.

 

Dinosaurs: Mini-Unit Topic

http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/YLP/Units/Mini_Units/94-95/Guzak.Dinosaurs/

Kindergarten and first-grade lesson plan on dinosaurs.  It includes language arts, science, and math lessons.  All the information is included through the site.

 

Dinosaurs & Other Paleontology Books for Children & Young Adults

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

The site provides an annotated child-appropriate list of books on dinosaurs and paleontology.

 

Discovering Dinosaurs

http://dinosaurs.eb.com/

Find out how scientists have learned about dinosaurs and assumptions that they’ve made through the ages that have changed as science has advanced.

 

Learning From the Fossil Record

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

This site’s topics include: Paleontology and Scientific Literacy, Tapping Educational Resources, Learning From the Fossil Record, National Science Standards Matrix, and The Geologic Time Scale.

 

Who is Sue?

http://www.fmnh.org/sue/whosue.html

Sue is the largest Tyrannosaurus rex put together and on display in a museum! She was found in South Dakota, and then was taken to the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. They've taken all kinds of interesting facts about Sue and put them on their web site for kids everywhere to enjoy!

 

Zoom Dinosaurs- Enhanced Learning Software

http://www.ZoomDinosaurs.com/subjects/dinosaur/toc.shtml

This site is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book designed for students of all ages.  Its subjects include: Dino News, extinction theories, fossils, anatomy and behavior, classification, quizzes, and classroom activities.  The site also has a link to a comprehensive Dinosaur Dictionary.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Aliki.  Digging up Dinosaurs.  New York: T.Y. Cromwell, 1988.  Pub Juv QE862 .D5 A34 1988.

 

Aliki.  Dinosaur Bones.  New York: Harper & Row, 1988.  Pub Juv QE862 .D5 A3425 1988.

 

Allen, Tom and Jane D. Allen. Dinosaur Days in Texas. Dallas, TX: Hendrick-Long, c1989. Pub Juv QE862 .D5 A39 1989.

 

Allison, Linda. Dinosaurs. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, c1987. Pub Juv QE862 .D5 A38 1987.

 

Andrews, Roy Chapman. All About Dinosaurs.  New York: Random House, 1953. Main  QE862 .D5 A5 1953.

 

Arnold, Caroline.  Dinosaur Mountain: Graveyard of the Past.  New York: Clarion Books, 1989.  Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 A748 1989.

 

Arnold, Caroline.  Dinosaurs Down Under: And Other Fossils from Australia.  New York: Clarion Books, 1990.  Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 A75 1990.

 

Asimov, Isaac.   Mataron los Cometas a los Dinosaurios?   Ediciones SM,  c1989.  Pub Juv QE862 .D5 A8418 1989.

 

Barner, Bob. Dinosaur Bones. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, c2001. Pub Juv QE861.5 .B36 2001.

 

Beaufay, Gabriel.  Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Animals.  New York: Barron’s, 1987.  Pub QE862 .D5 B4313 1987.

 

Benton, M. J. Dinosaurios y Otros Animales Prehistóricos de la A a la Z.   New York: Kingfisher, c1993. Pub Juv  & Biodiv Juv QE862 .D5 B46418 1993.

 

Berenstain, Michael.  The Spike-Tailed Dinosaur.  New York: Golden Book; Racine, WI: Western Pub. Co., 1989.  Pub Juv  QE862 .O65 B475 1989.

 

Brown, Laurene Krasny.  Dinosaurs to the Rescue!: A Guide to Protecting our Planet.   Boston, MA: Little, Brown, c1992. Biodiv Juv TD171.7 .B76 1992.

 

Carrick, Carol. Patrick's Dinosaurs on the Internet. New York: Clarion Books, c1999. Pub Juv QE862 .D5 C238 1999.

 

Carroll, Susan.  How Big is a Brachiosaurus?: Fascinating Facts About Dinosaurs.  New York: Platt & Munk, 1986.  Pub Juv QE862 .D5 C24 1986.

 

Christian, Spencer.  Is There a Dinosaur in Your Backyard?  New York: Wiley, c1998. Pub Juv QE432.2 .C48 1998.

 

Clark, Neil.  A Close Look Inside Dinosaurs.  Pleasantville, NY:  Reader’s Digest Association, 1995.  Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 C6 1995.

 

Delafosse, Claude.  El Dinosaurio.  Madrid, SM Saber, 1992.  Biodiv Juv  QE862 .D5 D4418 1992.

 

Diccionario visual Altea de los dinosaurios.  Madrid: Altea, c1993. Pub Juv & Biodiv Juv QE862 .D5 V5718 1993.

 

Dinamation’s Dinosaurs Alive!  New York: Scholastic, 1992.  Pub Juv  QE862. D5 D46 1992.

 

Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Creatures.  New York: Modern Pub., 1988. Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 D5385 1988.

 

Dixon, Dougal.  Dougal Dixon’s Dinosaurs.  Honesdale, PA:  Boyds Mills Press, 1993. Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 D58 1993.

 

Esslinger, Jessica.  Discover Dinosaurs Activity Book.  Pittsburgh, PA: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1988.  Pub Juv QE862 .D5 E87 1988.

 

Gibbons, Gail.   Dinosaurs.  New York: Scholastic Inc, c1993.   Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 G345 1993.

 

Horner, John R.  Digging Up Tyrannosaurus Rex.  New York: Crown, 1992. Pub Juv QE862 .S3 H67 1992.

 

Joyce, William. Dinosaur Bob. [New York]: HarperFestival, c1998. Pub Juv QE862 .D5 J69 1998.

 

Joyce, William.  Dinosaur Bob and His Adventure with the Family Lazardo.  New York: Harper & Row, 1988.  Pub Juv PZ7 .J857 Di 1988.

 

Kurokawa, Mitsuhiro.  Dinosaur Valley.  San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992.  Pub Juv QE862 .D5 K84 1992.

 

Lasky, Kathryn.  Dinosaur Dig.   New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1990.  Pub Juv QE714.5 .L36 1990.

 

Lasky, Kathryn.  The Bone Wars.  New York: Morrow Junior Books, c1988.  Pub Juv PZ7 .L3274 Bo 1988.

 

Lauber, Patricia.  The News About Dinosaurs.  New York: Aladdin Books, 1994. Pub Juv QE862 .D5 L46 1994.

 

Lessem, Don.  Dinosaurs To Dodos: An Encyclopedia of Extinct Animals. New York: Scholastic, 1999. Biodiv Juv QE 842  .L47 1999.

 

Lessem, Don.  Jack Horner: Living with Dinosaurs.   New York: Scientific American Books for Young Readers, c1994. Pub Juv  QE707 .H67 L47 1994.

 

Lessem, Don. Raptors!: The Nastiest Dinosaurs. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, c1996. Pub Juv QE862 .S3 L467 1996.

 

Lindsay, William.  Atlas Visual de los Dinosaurios.  México [D.F.]: Editorial Diana, 1992.  Pub Juv QE862 .D5 L5618 1992.

 

Lindsay, William.  La Vida Prehistorica.  Madrid: Altea, 1994.  Pub Juv  QE765 .L5618 1994.

 

Lindsay, William.  On the Trail of Incredible Dinosaurs.  New York: DK Pub., 1998.  Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 L566 1988.

 

Lindsay, William.  Tyrannosaurus.  London; New York: Dorling Kindersley; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992.  Pub Juv QE862 .S3 L56 1992.

 

Moss, Jeffrey.   Bone Poems.  New York: Workman Pub, c1997.  Pub Juv QE765 .M67 1997

 

Norman, David.  Los Dinosaurios.  Madrid: Altea, 1991.  Pub Juv QE862 .D5 N66918 1991.

 

Parker, Steve.   Dinosaurs and How They Lived.  New York: DK Pub., 1998. Pub Juv QE862 .D5 P37 1998.

 

Press, Judy. The Kids' Natural History Book: Making Dinos, Fossils, Mammoths & More! Charlotte, VT: Williamson Pub., 2000. Pub Juv QH54.5 .P778 2000.

 

Pringle, Laurence P.  Dinosaurs!: Strange and Wonderful.  Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 1995.  Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 P725 1995.

 

Sattler, Helen Roney.  Baby Dinosaurs.  New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1984.  Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 S217 1984.

 

Sattler, Helen Roney.  Dinosaurs of North America.  New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1981.  Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 S22 1981.  

 

Sattler, Helen Roney.  Tyrannosaurus Rex and Its Kin: The Mesozoic Monsters.  New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 1989.  Pub Juv QE862 .S3 S37 1989.

 

Slack, Gordy.  I Wish I Could Walk with the Dinosaurs.  San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1997.  Pub Juv QE862 .D5 S52 1997.

 

Spanjian, Beth.  Baby Duckbill.  Stamford, CT:  Longmeadow Press,  1988.  Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 S62 1988.

 

Stevenson, James. The Most Amazing Dinosaur. [New York]: Greenwillow Books, c2000. Pub Juv QH70 .A1 S73 2000.

 

Stewart, Ron.  Dinosaurs of the West.  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Lone Pine Pub.;  Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. c1988.  Pub Juv QE862 .D5 S715 1988.

 

 Storrs, Glenn William.   Tyrannosaurus.   New York: Kingfisher, 1994. Pub Juv  QE862 .S3 S76 1994.

 

Taylor, Barbara. The Really Deadly and Dangerous Dinosaur: And Other Monsters of the Prehistoric World.  New York:  DK, 1997.  Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 T38 1997.

 

Thomson, Peggy.   Auks, Rocks, and the Odd Dinosaur: Inside Stories from the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History.  New York: T.Y. Crowell, c1985.  Pub Juv  QH70 .U62 W278 1985.

 

Troll, Ray and Brad Matsen. Raptors, Fossils, Fins & Fangs: A Prehistoric Creature Feature. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press, 1996. Pub Juv QE765 .T76 1996.

 

VanCleave, Janice Pratt.   Janice VanCleave's Dinosaurs for Every Kid: Easy Activities that Make Learning Science Fun.   New York: Wiley & Sons, c1994. Pub Juv  QE862 .D5 V36 1994.

 

Wahl, Jan. The Field Mouse and the Dinosaur Named Sue. New York: Scholastic, c2000. Pub Juv QE861.5 .W34 2000.

 

Wellfare, Graham.  Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals.  New York: Modern Promotions, 1981. Pub Juv QE842 .W34 1981.

 

Wexo, John Bonnett.  Dinosaurs.  Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 1989.  Biodiv Juv  QE862 .D5 W39 1989.

 

Wood, A. J. A Night in the Dinosaur Graveyard. [New York]: HarperFestival, 1994. Pub Juv QE862 .D5 W66 1994.

 

Yolen, Jane. How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? New York: Blue Sky Press, 2000. Pub Juv QE862 .D5 Y64 2000.

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CURRICULUM GUIDES

Cook, Nancy and Cristine V. Johnson.  Measuring Dinosaurs.  Menlo Park, CA: Innovative Learning Publications, 1996.  Pub  QA135.5  .C66 1996.

 

Fritsche, Joellen M., Gary T. Todd, Kathryn Wolff.  The Best Science Films, Filmstrips, and Videocassettes for Children: A Selected and Annotated List of Science and Mathematics Films, Filmstrips, and Videocaettes for Children Ages Five Through Twelve.  Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1982.  Main Q190 .W64 1982.

 

National Science Resources Center (U.S.).  Science for Children: Resources for Teachers.  Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1988.  Main  LB1585 .S34 1988.

 

Ranger Rick’s Nature Scope: Digging into Dinosaurs. National Wildlife Federation, 1986.  Biodiv Serials.

 

Science and Children.  Washington, D.C.: National Science Teachers Association, 1963-.   Main  Serials LB1585 .S34.

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VIDEO & MULTIMEDIA

The Dinosaurs!  Los Angeles: Pacific Arts, 1992, 1993.  (4 videocassettes; 60 minutes each.)   Pub QE862 .D5 D533 1993.

 

Dinosaurs: Fantastic Creatures That Ruled the Earth.  Denver, CO: Lumivision, 1989. Biodiv QE862 .D5 M53 1993.

 

Life.  New York, NY: DK Vision, 1997. (35 minutes)  Pub  QH325 .L54 1997.

 

Microsoft Dinosaurs: An Interactive Journey into the World of Dinosaurs. Redmond, WA: Microsoft, 1993. Pub AV&M QE862 .D5 M53 1993

 

A World of Animals.  Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1994.  Pub QL49 .W67 1994.

 

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