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FOSSIL HUNTING

Going Gobi
Article for grades 3 through 8
Who would travel halfway around the world to spend the summer in a desert where brutal sandstorms and surprise flash floods are on the itinerary? Meet Mike and Mark, who've made the trek annually since 1990.
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Face-to-Fossil
Article for grades 3 through 8
Join the inquisitive Deena Soris as she interviews the fossil of a Protoceratops. This dashing dino, dug up in Mongolia in the 1920s, offers insight into his former life—and the secrets he's still keeping.
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Fighting Dinos
Article for grades 3 through 8
About 80 million years ago in the Gobi Desert, two dinosaurs were locked in deadly combat when they were suddenly buried alive. See what's been called one of the greatest fossil specimens ever found.
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Fighting Dinosaurs: New Discoveries from Mongolia
Exhibition Materials for grades 3 through 12
Travel to Mongolia's famed Gobi Desert for a look at some amazing fossils you've never seen before. For starters, there's a fierce Velociraptor that was apparently buried alive while attacking a Protoceratops.
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Buried Bones
Activity for grades 3 through 8
The next time you have chicken, don't throw out the bones—bury them in plaster of Paris. Then, scrape by scrape, see firsthand the challenges archaeologists face when excavating fossils.
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Finding Fossils
Activity for grades 3 through 8
You don't have to be a professional paleontologist to collect the remains of ancient life. Anyone can find fossils. This handy how-to guide tells you where to look and what to do.
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Theropod Fossil Hunt Dispatch
Article for grades 6 through 12
In 1996, Dr. Mark Norell was stunned by a 3x5-inch photograph shown to him by a colleague. Follow along as that snapshot leads him to Dave, a well-preserved fossil of a feathered dromaeosaur.
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