Þ The following links have information about dinosaurs and the other topics relating to dinosaurs.

Þ Not all dinosaurs can be found at each site.

Þ You may have to check more than one site to find your dinosaur or find information on your topic.

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Click on the topics below to go to links:

Plant & Animal Life	Dinosaur Facts (including diet)	Fractals/Chaos Theory	Cloning/DNA
Were dinosaurs cold blooded or warm?	Extinction theories	Amber	Science in Jurassic Park

PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE/GEOLOGICAL TIME PERIODS

(Mesozoic Period includes Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic)

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

Timeline of plant and animal life (land and water) during various time periods

http://www.dinosaurideas.com/dinosaurTimeLinesNavigation.html#triassic

Dinosaur timelines with information about land and water creatures.

http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pgore/Earth&Space/mesozoic.html

Life forms during Mesozoic era (Cretaceous, Jurassic, Triassic)

http://bio.sunyorange.edu/updated2/pl%20new/48%20MORE%20MESOZOIC%20GROUPS.htm

Mesozoic plants and animals

http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/dinosaurs.htm

Scroll down to bottom of page and click on geological period: Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous

http://www.txtwriter.com/Backgrounders/Dinosaurs/dinoBG2.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/trex/notalone.html

Plants and animals during the time of the dinosaur

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

Time periods: Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mesozoic/cretaceous/cretaceous.html

Cretaceous period information

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/sci/A0857622.html

Cretaceous period plant and animal life

http://www.sdnhm.org/fieldguide/fossils/timeline.html - geologic timeline

DINOSAURS

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

Zoom dinosaurs- lots of information (Dino Fact sheets)+ diagrams+ time periods (plants, animals in Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous)

http://www.search4dinosaurs.com/

Links to dinosaur pictures and illustrations.

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Science/Dinosaurs/

Links and info from the San Diego Natural History Museum (click on Types of Dinosaurs to get to links about specific dinosaurs)

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

The Dinosauria has information about some dinosaur species (click on Systematics to learn more about specific groups)

http://www.fmnh.org/sue/#sues-significance

T-Rex information at the Field Museum

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/

Dino Directory- information and great diagrams of over 100 dinosaurs

http://www.dinodictionary.com/

Dino dictionary with information and size comparison

http://paleo.cc/kpaleo/dinos.htm

Links to many websites with information about dinosaurs

DINOSAUR DIETS (HERBIVORES, CARNIVORES, OMNIVORES)

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

Click on the individual dinosaur names to read about what type of diet it had.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/anatomy/Diet.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/anatomy/Teeth.shtml

Dinosaur teeth

FRACTALS/CHAOS THEORY

http://mathforum.org/alejandre/workshops/fractal/fractal3.html

Basic fractal information with many links to additional information.

http://mathforum.org/library/topics/dynamical_systems/

MathForum’s links to chaos theory and fractals

http://classes.yale.edu/Fractals/

Links from Yale about fractals

http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/jurra.html - how to make the Jurassic Park fractal by folding paper

http://www.jgiesen.de/ChaosSpiel/ChaosEnglish.html - Chaos game

http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=90748 - Interactive chaos tutorial (Click on Go to Materials)

http://twm.co.nz/chaos_intro.html

Basic chaos theory information

CLONING

Click on this button. Type in “cloning” for many articles about the topic as well as diagrams.

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.shtml

Cloning Fact Sheet

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/cloning.htm

How cloning works+ links to more information

http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/

Cloning in Focus-Scroll down to Cloning, then look at “What is Cloning?” or “Click and Clone”.

http://www.newsweek.com/2006/01/29/a-real-life-jurassic-park.html

Newsweek magazine article on real life Jurassic Park ideas

http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/whyclone/

DNA

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/cellular-microscopic/dna.htm

How DNA works

http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/

An animated site on the basics of DNA, genes, and heredity

http://www.koshlandsciencemuseum.org/exhibitdna/intro01.jsp - DNA basics

http://www.fathom.com/feature/121693/ Search for DNA in amber

WERE DINOSAURS COLD BLOODED OR WARM BLOODED?

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/anatomy/Blood.shtml

http://www.unmuseum.org/colddino.htm

http://www.amonline.net.au/palaeontology/faqs/dinosaur.htm#cold

http://animals.howstuffworks.com/dinosaurs/dinosaur3.htm

EXTINCTION THEORIES

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/extinction/Other.html

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

http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Paleontology/Prehistoric_Animals/Dinosaurs/Extinction_Theories/ - Links to theories from Yahoo.com

http://www.sdnhm.org/kids/dinosaur/ponder1a.html - Meteors and mass extinction

AMBER

http://www.gemstone.org/gem-by-gem/english/amber.html http://www.amberjewelry.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=89 -- amber myths & history http://whyfiles.org/008amber/time_line.html amber and DNA http://www.emporia.edu/earthsci/amber/amber.htm World of amber

http://www.fathom.com/feature/121693/ Search for DNA in amber

SCIENCE IN JURASSIC PARK

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/earth/fossils/dna-amber/index.html

Click on PDF to view the article

http://www.sdnhm.org/research/paleontology/jp_qanda.html Frequently Asked Questions about the science in Jurassic Park

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/buzz/popular.html

http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/life/genetic/real-jurassic-park.htm

Can we create a real Jurassic Park?