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Explore Resources to Select your Primary Animal
Select your starring animal, a non-avian dinosaur not discussed in class.
Important Checklist:
- Be sure you can find or create an image of the animal.
- Be sure to select a non-avian dinosaur for your starring animal.
- Be sure to explore the geologic era to be certain you can select a co-star and supporting invertebrate animal from this same era!
What should you type into the search fields?
Strategy 1: Start with a specific dinosaur
- Type in the name of a dinosaur (be sure to select a non-avian dinosaur as your star)
- Skim through results to check the geological time period and determine if you can find your co-star and secondary animals from the same period.
Strategy 2: Start with the keyword "dinosaur" AND a geological time period
- Type in "dinosaurs" AND a geological time period
- Skim through results to check the geologic time period and determine if you can find your co-star and secondary animals from the same period.
- Change dinosaurs to vertebrates or invertebrates to find articles different animals from that period.
Strategy 3: Start with the geologic time period
- Type in a geological time period that meets your assignment.
- Skim through the articles to find all three animals from the same time period.
Online Library Reference Sources for Getting Started:
Use Gale eBooks to search by animal or to search by era
Good Web Sources for Getting Started
(you also need to use library resources for this project):
British National History Museum
- Start with the DINOSAUR DIRECTORY to select your starring dinosaur. You can limit by geologic era.
- Use the links to articles on specific eras to help you identify your costarring vertebrate and supporting animal, the invertebrate.
- The linked articles on oceans are also useful for identifying fossils from different geologic eras.
- Be sure to scroll down the page for informative articles from current research!
