Bones on Display

Description

Take a virtual tour of the National Museum of Natural History with this high-interest STEAM reader! Learn about the challenges involved with designing fossil exhibits and how studying fossils helps scientists learn about prehistoric species.

Sujets

• Sciences et techniques
• Paleontology

Informations

• Publié par: Teacher Created Materials
• Date de parution: 15 mai 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780743922197
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Read and Respond
1. What is Smithsonian’ s natural history
museum called?
2. Why ar e natural history museums
important?
3. What subjects might students study in
school if they want to build bone displays?
4. How ar e casts made?
5. Should scientists dig up bones or leave
them wher e they ar e? Why?
6. Imagine you ar e a scientist in a natural
history museum. W rite a story about a day
at work. T ell about what you do and who
you work with.
 

E lisa J o rdan, M.A.
© 2019 Smithsonian I nstitu tion. e name “Smi thsonian ” and the S mithsonian
logo are register ed trademarks owned by the Smithsonian Instit ution.
 

© 2019 Smithsonian Institution. T he name “Smithsonian ”
and the Smithsonian logo are register ed trademarks
owned by the Smithsonian Institution.
Contributing A uthor
Jennifer Law son
Consultan ts
Dr . Don E. W ilson
Emeritus Curator , Zoologist
National Museum of Natural History
Sharon Banks
3rd Grade T eacher
Duncan Public Schools
Publishing Credits
Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., P ublisher
Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Managing Editor
Diana Kenney , M.A.Ed., NBCT , Content Director
Vér onique Bos, Creative Director
Robin Erickson, Art D irector
Michelle Jovin, M.A., Associate Editor
Mindy Duits, Senior Graphic Designer
Smithsonian Science Education Center
Image Credits: p.6, p .7 (top), p .8, pp.8–9, p .11 (bottom), p.12 (bottom),
pp.14–15, p .18 (bottom), p.19 (t op), p.24 © Smithsonian; p .14 (bottom)
©Field Museum, photo b y Kate Golembiewski; p.21 Axel Mauruszat; p.25
Zuma Press/Alam y; pp.26–27 P A Images/Alamy ; all other images from
iStock and/or Shutterstock.
Library of Congress Ca taloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jordan, Elisa, author .
Title: Bones on display / Elisa Jordan.
Description: Huntington Beach, CA : T eacher Created Materials, [2019] |
Audience: K to Grade 3. | Includes index. |
Identiers: L CCN 2018030202 (print) | L CCN 2018036677 (ebook) | ISBN
9781493869022 | ISBN 9781493866625
Subjects: LCSH: P aleontology--Juv enile literature. |
Bones--Exhibitions--Juvenile lit erature.
Classication: L CC QE714.5 (ebook) | L CC QE714.5 .J67 2019 (print) | DDC
560--dc23
L C record available at https://lc cn.loc.gov/2018030202
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Huntington Beach, CA 92649-1030
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ISBN 978-0-7439-2219-7
©2019 T eacher Creat ed Materials, Inc.
 

T able of Contents
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Who , W hat , Where .............................1 0
On Displ a y .......................................... 1 8
So Lifel i k e .......................................... 22
Listen Up ........................................... 26
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Gl oss ar y ............................................. 30
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