Syllabus:
Syllabus, Part 1: Logistics
Dinosaur World Poster Project
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Poster Instructions (Winter 13)
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Poster Evaluation Forms (Fall 2012)
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Forms for Outlines (Fall 2012)
Poster Resources:
Taxonomy and Locality info: Paleobiology Database
Encyclopedia of Paleontology (restricted access for GRCC Students)
Reading/ Lecture Guides
- Types of Fossil
- History of Paleontology (Chapter 14)
- Theories of Evolution
- History of Life
- The Therapoda (Chapter 9)
- Birds & Dinosaurs (Chapter 10)
- Sauropodomorhpha (Chapter 8)
- Ornithischian Intro (Part II intro) & The Armored Dinosaurs (Ch. 5)
- The Frilled Dinosaurs (Ch. 6)
Study Guides
- Study Guide Exam #1 (Exam date = Tuesday 1/29)
- Study Guide Exam #2 (Exam Date = Tuesday 2/19)
- Study Guide Exam #3 (Exam Date = Monday 3/11)
- Study Guide Exam #4 (Exam Date = Thursday 3/21)
In class Handouts Winter 2012:
Useful web links:
The DinoDictionary: list of 300+ Dinosaur names (including pronunciation)
for the Latest News on New Dinosaur Discoveries
Video Clips:
PBS Special "The Dinosaur Wars"
Velociraptor reconstruction on "Truth about Killer Dinosaurs"
On-line Museum Exibits:
Skulls: An on-line exhibit by the California Academy of Sciences
University of California Museum of Paleontology: (UCMP) Home Page:
UCMP Exhibits: Dinosauria / DinoBuzz / Dilophosaurus / Flight / Fossil Eggshell /
Museum of the Rockies (MT) - Dinosaur Exhibit
Geologic time Scale:
Official Geologic Time Scale from the Geological Society of America
Interactive Time Scale from Enchanted Learning
Recommended children's books about Dinosaurs