Appleseeds articles from January 2005

Appleseeds archives from January 2005

Dozens of dinos.(dinosaurs)
January 1, 2005... Millions of years ago, dinosaurs ruled Earth. It was so long ago that there were no humans, no cats, and no dogs. Dinosaurs came in all shapes and sizes. They lived almost everywhere--in fact, their fossils have been found on every continent....

A really long time ago.(By the Numbers)(dinosaurs)(Mesozoic Era)
January 1, 2005... The history of Earth is divided into three time periods, called eras. They are the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic. Eras are divided into smaller units of time, called periods. The dinosaurs came and went during the Mesozoic Era....

Feathered dinosaurs.(theropods)
January 1, 2005... Have you ever snapped a wishbone with a friend? If so, you know how small those bones are. Now imagine a wishbone big enough to belong to a Tyrannosaurus rex. That's right: huge, meat-eating dinosaurs like T. rex had wishbones. Today, some...

Bone wars and fossil feuds: some of the greatest dinosaur discoveries in history were made by two men who hated each other.
January 1, 2005... More than 100 years ago, Othniel C. Marsh and Edward D. Cope were America's leading paleontologists. A paleontologist is a scientist who studies fossils to learn about ancient life. Fossils are the hardened remains of bones, teeth, claws, and...

Have you got your head screwed on straight?(Dinosaur Bloopers)
January 1, 2005... For early paleontologists, putting dinosaur skeletons together was a tricky business. Sometimes they made mistakes. Take Dr. Edward Cope, for example. In the 1860s, Cope rebuilt a plesiosaur skeleton (actually a sea reptile, not a dinosaur),...

Kids dig dinos: how would you like to go looking for dinosaurs? Read about one class that did just that!
January 1, 2005... DINOSAUR DIG: TRIP PREPARATION April 26, 2004 Our classroom was buzzing. The Egg Mountain trip was only four days away! We were going to "tread on the same hillside" where paleontologists had discovered so many Maiasaura nests that they...

Making tracks.(dinosaur footprints)
January 1, 2005... When you walk through wet sand at the beach, what do you leave behind? Footprints! Dinosaurs left footprints behind, too. Scientists who study tracks (ichnologists) say that these footprints help us understand dinosaurs as living,...

Make your own fossil.(Fun Stuff)
January 1, 2005... Most of what we know today about dinosaurs comes from the study of their fossils. But what are fossils, and where do they come from? There are many different kinds of fossils. Fossilized animal bones and teeth are formed when an animal dies...

The scoop on dino poop.(dinosaurs)
January 1, 2005... What's as big as a loaf of bread, weighs as much as a frozen turkey, and tells us what dinosaurs ate? Give up? It's petrified dinosaur poop, also known as a coprolite. The scoop on dino poop is finally flushed out! Coprolites don't smell...

Waterhouse Hawkins.(The Artist's Eye)
January 1, 2005... The first dinosaur was described by scientists in 1824. But for years afterward, most people had no idea what dinosaurs looked like. Do you think you could picture a Megalosaurus from a few bones and some teeth? Well, the artist Waterhouse...

Meet Sue.
January 1, 2005... Of course, Sue didn't really sit down with me. The people who work with her at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago did. But this is what she might have said. How were you discovered? First, paleontologist Sue Hendrickson...

Digging for Africa's lost dinosaurs.
January 1, 2005... "Paleontology is more than science," says world-famous paleontologist Paul Sereno. "You get to travel, meet new people, and have adventures." He should know--he's spent 15 years on one of the greatest dinosaur adventures ever. For millions...

Dinosaur facts maze.(Puzzle Power)
January 1, 2005... Begin at the neck of the Apatosaurus and follow the true facts to help you find the end. Don't get lost among the false "facts"! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Answers to Puzzle Power, page 23: True: There is a dinosaur named Sue....