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Young paleontologists and dinosaur enthusiasts are invited on a fossil dig, set to the tune of Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush. Hike the trail, scan the ground, and make a find--then discover how to build a T. Rex from its bones. Includes hand-play motions for sing-alongs and bite-size science sidebars.
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building to children playing in a field, have found
dinosaur bones by accident. But scientists travel
all over the world to the places they think
offer the best chance of finding fossils.
plants that died long ago. Paleontologists
are scientists who study fossils. They hunt
for them in areas where rocks formed
millions of years ago.
mud or sand quickly covered its body.
Over time the body decomposed, leaving
behind just the skeleton. Minerals slowly
replaced the bones, creating fossils.
they dig around it to look for more pieces
of the dinosaur. They also may find fossils
of plants and other animals from the same
time period.
small as a grain of sand. To build a dinosaur
skeleton, paleontologists want to find every
scrap available. They sift dirt through wire
screens to find the teeny-tiny bits.
surrounding block of stone and to lift it out as one large
piece. Paleontologists wrap the block in cloth, paper
towels, or even toilet paper. They then cover it with a
hard layer of plaster to protect it during transportation.
technicians carefully clean each fossil.
They use chemicals, chisels, brushes, and
the picks your dentist uses on your teeth.
have a good idea of what they looked like from
their fossils. Paleontologists study fossilized
bones like a jigsaw puzzle to decide what goes
where when building a dinosaur skeleton.
they are found. Paleontologists figure out what
the missing parts should be and make models
of them. All the pieces, both the fossils and the
reproductions, are fitted together on a metal
frame to build a dinosaur skeleton.
its massive jaws, some up to a foot long.
Scientists think it may have had the most
powerful bite of any land animal ever.
places, and anyone can hunt for
them, even kids. What dinosaurs
would you like to find?
not all types of dinosaurs lived at the same time. For example, tens
of millions of years passed between the era of the Stegosaurus and
that of Tyrannosaurus rex . By comparison, modern humans, Homo
sapiens , have existed for about two hundred thousand years.
was as small as a chicken. One of the largest dinosaurs, Patagotitan ,
weighed in at nearly 70 tonsheavier than ten African
elephants! New dinosaur species are still being discovered,
so one day someoneperhaps youmay find
one thats even larger.
but scientists did not realize that these were from prehistoric
animals until the 1800s. Paleontologists have discovered
not only fossilized bones and teeth, but also the remains of
dinosaur eggs, skin, feathers, footprints, and even poop. All
these fossils give clues to how dinosaurs looked and lived,
but new discoveries constantly change our understanding. For
example, researchers now think many (perhaps most) dinosaurs
had feathers, even though they did not fly.
million years ago, leading to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Not all dinosaurs died at that time, though. A few survived to
evolve into the birds we know today. When you see sparrows
hopping on the ground or a hawk soaring with the wind, you
are looking at descendants of the dinosaurs.
Act out the story as you sing along with the book.
the trail: Swing your arms
back and forth as though
walking with a purpose.
Put a hand above
your eyes and
search the room.
Dig with your
invisible shovel.
Imagine holding a tray
between your hands and
shaking it back and forth.
Pretend you are
winding a bandage
around your arm.
Cup one hand and
use the other as
a scrub brush.
both hands into tubes
to form a microscope
and peer through it.
fists higher and higher.
and chomp like a dinosaur!
Formation, a well-known site for fossil digs. Scattered through
the art are some of the critters that live in that area today.
Can you find them?
meadowlark
tanager
short-horned
lizard
blackbird
spadefoot toad
milk snake
(Woo) Seymour: Sue, Sue, and Woo forever!
(And Im not saying were dinosaurs.) S. L.
Los Angeles County, and Carol J. Stadum, associate in the paleontology department
at the San Diego Natural History Museum, for their invaluable advice and expertise.
Illustrations copyright 2020 by Bob Kolar
All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in
whole or in part in any form. Charlesbridge and colophon
are registered trademarks of Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.
85 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472
(617) 926-0329 www.charlesbridge.com
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(no dinosaurs were harmed in the creation of this book)
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