A Scavenger Hunt Through Time GENERAL INFORMATION NAME: Lena Rowe SCHOOL: Scioto County Joint Vocational School WORKSHOP: Columbus, Ohio ACTION PLAN: A Scavenger Hunt Through Time GRADE LEVELS: 11 and 12 grade SUBJECT: Science TOPIC: Earth geological history and life forms CONTENT INFORMATION Summary of the Topic/Pathfinder Students will be given handouts listing life forms from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras. They will also have a handout on instructions for PowerPoint presentation for class. Using the EBSCO Database, other INFOhio databases as needed, the Berkeley gateway site to dinolinks, other selected WWW sites, World Book print edition, and Portsmouth Public Library catalog for finding print materials for research, students will prepare the PowerPoint description of their 3 selected creatures. The slides will include scientific name, picture if possible, diet, habitat, and other information. Students will present their PowerPoint program to the class. Dewey Numbers: 567.9, 551.7, 560 Subject Headings: Fossils Paleontology Dinosaurs Paleozoic Era Mesozoic Era Cenzoic Era Paleoecology Paleoclimatology Paleogeography Students: Choose one creature from EACH era listed on the handout sheets. You will have a total of three creatures. You are to develop a PowerPoint presentation based on these creatures. Follow the format for each slide 1 - 31 as listed on the handout sheet. The PowerPoint presentations will be given to the class at the end of the unit. We have 10 days to complete research and to develop the PowerPoint slides. See the last item on the Web Page information for how to print your copy of the handouts. Madagascar's Mesozoic Secrets. By: Flynn, John J.; Weiss, Andr&acutee; R.. Scientific American, Mar2004 Special Edition, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p30, 10p, 3 maps, 5c; Reading Level (Lexile): 1250; (AN 12446034) Please click on each link to the EBSCO database to read articles about the ancient times we are studying. Read the articles and get an overview of the ideas in each one. These will be discussed in class during the first three days of the unit and you should be ready to contribute to the discussion and show knowledge of the content of the articles. Age of Dinosaurs. By: Parker, Steve. Dinosaurs (1000 Things You Should Know About), 2003, p6, 1/2p, 2 diagrams, 8 maps, 104c; Reading Level (Lexile): 970; (AN 8896360) Digging Up Fresh Clues About the Origin of Mammals. By: Wyss, Andre. Science, 05/25/2001, Vol. 292 Issue 5521, p1496, 2p, 1 diagram; Reading Level (Lexile): 1240; (AN 4735780) News from the Mesozoic Era. Rocks & Minerals, Sep/Oct2000, Vol. 75 Issue 5, p300, 2p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1230; (AN 3550325) Fossils in Southern California. By: Reynolds, Robert E.. Rocks & Minerals, Nov/Dec94, Vol. 69 Issue 6, p386, 6p, 2 charts, 7bw; Reading Level (Lexile): 990; (AN 9412052280) This is the site for an extensive list of web links. You should be able to find information for your PowerPoints here. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinolinks.html Other web links you should visit in your search for information: http://www.copyrightexpired.com/earlyimage http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/prehispg.htm http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/prehistoric/ http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/prehistoric/mammals/australia.html http://www.gridclub.com/info/fact_gadget/horrible_but_true/natural_world/prehistoric_life/ http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/menu.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/chronology/index.shtml http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/ http://www.dinosauria.com http://dinosauricon.com Additional information may be found by 1. Checking the World Book print Encyclopedia in the SCJVS Library. 2. Looking at other INFOhio resources like Access Science or Encyclopedia Britannica. Use your specific creature for search terms. 3. Going to the WWW and using your specific creature for a search. If you wish to find print materials you can go to the Portsmouth Public Library site and click on "Catalog" in the upper left of the page. Here you can limit the collection to fiction, nonfiction, adult section only, etc. All Lists and handouts for this assignment can be printed from the Scioto County JVS home page.