Desert Dinosaurs Discovering Prehistoric Sites In The American Southwest

This sourcebook for scientific discovery is stuffed full of incredible facts and compelling data, offering readers insights, observations, and spirited examinations of the natural world. Desert Dinosaurs is one of the few books to combine literary adventure with the possibility of hands-on discovery. Its focus is on a non-scientist’s discoveries about the dinosaurs that frequented Arizona and New Mexico’s prehistoric lands, and it offers readers the encouragement and provides them the opportunity to make their own discoveries at those sites where they can actively participate. This sourcebook for scientific discovery is stuffed full of incredible facts and compelling data. Desert Dinosaurs offers readers insights, observations, and spirited examinations of the natural world.

Here are the amazing stories of the dinosaurs that have been found in the world's greatest dinosaur "graveyards" -- from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia and the badlands of Alberta, Canada, to the desolate Valley of the Moon in Argentina. Find out how these astonishing creatures lived and how they died. Book jacket.

Explains the evolutionary relationship of dinosaurs, answers fifty specific questions about them, profiles forty-one specimens, and describes six expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History.

This book discusses the work of paleontologists who have found dinosaur bones and fossils in Canada, Argentina, and the Gobi Desert -- Publisher.

Discusses the work of paleontologists who have found dinosaur bones and fossils in Canada, Argentina, and the Gobi Desert.

You can't miss Stegosaurus's armored plates, but how did such an ancient creature become so recognizable to us? Follow the fascinating story of this dinosaur's discovery, from early clues in England to fossil findings in Colorado, Alberta, and Tanzania. Each dig added a piece to the scientific puzzle that eventually revealed Stegosaurus. With supports for the Common Core and visual learning, Dinosaur Discovery Timelines provide a fresh approach to prehistoric creatures.

CD-ROM contains: Introductory text, maps, and geologically labeled photographs of all the parks.