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ERIC Number: EJ596049
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-7685
Fossil Footprints: How Fast Was That Dinosaur Moving?
Caton, Randall; Otts, Charlotte
American Biology Teacher, v61 n7 p528-31 Sep 1999
Describes an activity in which students construct relationships between their leg lengths, stride lengths, and movements in order to estimate the speeds of the dinosaurs that made various fossilized tracks. (WRM)
Descriptors: Biology, Biomechanics, Dinosaurs, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities, Measurement Techniques, Motion, Paleontology, Problem Solving, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Velocity
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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