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These five activities are adapted from A Walk with an Expedition by Paul C. Sereno and Gabrielle H. Lyon.  Each lesson is designed for 5-8th graders and should take approximately forty-five-minutes. Every activity is supported with a thematic glossary, bibliography, annotated list of links and images from the DE2K photo gallery. * Please note: activities are adaptable for younger students and lend themselves to hands-on implementations.

Project Exploration thanks Gloria Dobry, Chicago Board of Education, for her help in aligning these activities to Illinois State Goals and Chicago Academic Standards.

Pack the Truck

How are you going to get more than a dozen people across the Sahara and back? What if one of the vehicles breaks down? What will the team eat in the field?
How much will they eat? What if someone gets hurt?

These are the kinds of questions you need to answer if you are planning an expedition.

In this activity decide how to pack the Land Rovers and calculate what you are allowed to bring along.

A Secret Message

Niger is a country of many cultures and during the expedition the team will come in contact with different peoples: Arabs, Djerma, Hausa, Fulani and especially the Touareg. In this activity you will learn about nomadic Touaregs’ traditional culture and decode a message in Tifnar – the written language of the Touareg people

Where to Look
Luck is part of finding fossils, but hard work and research are even more important. How does the team know where to start looking? In this activity use geographic maps, geologic maps and research reports to decide where to look for dinosaur fossils.
How to Dig a Dinosaur in 10 Easy Steps

You’ve made the dinosaur discovery of a lifetime. But the 135 million year old fossil bones are fragile – how are you going to get them out of the ground? In this activity work step by step to excavate and jacket a dinosaur bone. 

A Skeletal Plan

Did you know that you can match almost every bone in your skeleton with those in the skeleton of a dinosaur? In this activity compare a human skeleton with the skeleton of a predatory dinosaur.


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