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Autore |
Hansen Thor A |
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Titolo |
Adventures in paleontology [[electronic resource] ] : 36 classroom fossil activities / / by Thor Hansen and Irwin Slesnick ; illustrations by D.W. Miller |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Arlington, VA, : NSTA Press, c2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-21777-8 |
9786611217778 |
1-933531-99-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (139 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Paleontology - Study and teaching (Middle school) |
Paleontology |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Table of Contents; Introduction; How Do Fossils Form?; What Can You Learn From Fossils?; Mass Extinction and Meteor Collisions With Earth; How Are Fossils Collected and Prepared?; How Can You Tell the Age of Earth?; How Did Dinosaurs Evolve?; Diversity, Classification, and Taxonomy; Fossils in Society; When Are Fossils Art?; Glossary; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"This book helps students learn by doing. Why look at a picture of a fossil cast in a book when you can make one? Why listen to a lecture about meteorites when you can collect them yourself?"-Co-author Thor Hansen Millions of years after vanishing from Earth, dinosaurs still have the power to stir students' curiosity. |
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