Dinosaur Ghosts
Publication Information
Author:  Gillette, J. Lynett	Illustrator:  Henderson, Douglas
Title:  Dinosaur Ghosts	Date:  1997
Publisher:  Dial	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-8037-1721-0	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    science
Summary:
Paleontologists suggest explanations for the many fossils of the dinosaur Coelophysis which were discovered in New Mexico. The index includes a pronunciation guide.
Teaching Ideas:
The book makes an excellent addition to a text set on scientific problem-solving with The Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde and Bog Bodies The hypothesis-solutions format makes the book ideal for studying the scientific method. See (www.kapili.com/s/scimethod.html). Students can locate these creatures on a prehistoric time map (www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mesozoic/mesozoic.html). When is the late Triassic Period? What other creatures lived at the same time? Students who are especially interested in dinosaurs may want to make an argument for the relation of dinosaurs to birds using the book and information from the Internet. Fossil study and invitations to hypothesize about why dinosaurs became extinct are additional possibilities.
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History > time period > Prehistory Science > archaeology Science > dinosaurs Science > scientific method Math > problem solving Work > scientist

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