Jurassic Park Internet Research Sites

Our class has already isolated science topics from the movie Jurassic Park. Pick one that interests you. Using the following sites to gather science infomation about it.

(Here are the Jurassic Park Research Paper Directions)

Indicates good starting places

• Dinosaurs 

  The Dinosauricon

  ScienceNet - includes information about all sciences (Pick Archeology then Dinosaurs to get to a

  List of Questions and Answers about Dinosaurs and Jurassic Park movie)

  Dinosauria On-Line

  Dinosaurs! - answers specific questions about dinosaurs

  The Dinosauria

  The Dinosaur Home Page "The Dinosaur Homepage" displays featured bones from the Museum's

  large collection. Each photograph may be enlarged & comes with a text. The bones can be viewed by dinosaur type & by time period. The site also presents a geologic timeline, an anatomy lesson, & a discussion of misconceptions about dinosaurs. A Smithosonian Institution site.

  Zoom Dinosaurs is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs. It is designed for

  students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic, and then to progress to much more advanced information as desired, simply by clicking on links.

  NEW Set of Dinosaur Internet Websites

  NEW More Dinosaur Internet Websites

  All about Dinosaurs

  College of East Utah Prehistoric Museum

  Dino-Kids Zone

  New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

  Information on Stegosaurus and Dinosaur Dictionary and Glossary

  Blast from the Past Home Page

  Dinosaurs dinosaurs dinosaurs! Dino Don Lessem

  The Museum of Paleontology

  Honolulu Community College Dinosaur Exhibit

  The Jurassic Park Interdisciplinary Activities Page

  CNN - Fossils of fearful dinosaur discovered - May 17, 1996

  The Museum Of Jurassic Technology

  Morrison Research Initiative

  CNN - After 75 million years, dinosaur 'speaks' - December 5, 1997

  Triassic Scene - Peabody Museum

  Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University

  Welcome Page - A to Z One at a Time List of Dinosaurs

  The Museum Of Jurassic Technology

  Archeology

  Were There Dinosaurs on Noah's Ark? A question to ponder!!!! What do you think?

  Dinosaur Database

• Theories of the extinction of Dinosaurs
  • Did an asteroid impact really cause the extinction of dinosaurs?

    Sites supporting this theory

    Dinosaur Extinction from Newton's Apple

    Re: K-T Theory

    Sites disagreeing with this theory

    Asteroid/comet Impact at K-T boundary

  • Theories that give other reasons for extinction of dinosaurs

    Dinosaur Extinction: The Volcano-Greenhouse Theory

    Dinosaur Extinction Theories

    Dinosaur Volcano Greenhouse Extinction by Dewey McLean

    The End of a Legacy

    Dinosaur Extinction

  • The Many Myths of Dinosaur Extinction
• Biology

  An On-Line Biology Book

  DNA Recombination

  NEW Biotechnology and Jurassic Park

  Cell Cycle Control

  DNA and Chromatin

  Virtual Cell

  Biodiversity and Biological Connections

  Biopoint

  BioTech: Organisms and Strains

  Cell and Molecular Biology Online

  Cell Structure and Function

  Biology websites 

DNA: Scientific American: Explorations: Peeking and Poking at DNA: 3/31/97

Genetics

• Ethics in Science

  NEW Pseudoscience

  Bioethics

  Ethics in Science

  Ethics of cloning

  Ethics of Science

  In Tallahassee Democract. p 3A March 31, 1999 "Woman who carried wrong embryo plans to give

  baby to genetic mother." To find original article, go to Tallahassee Democrat On-line. Scroll down to "National/international stories"

  Pick " More national/international news from The Wire"

  Scroll down to "The nation" Pick "Woman To Give Up Baby After Mix Up"

• Geology/Fossils

  NEW Amber, A view from the Past

  Utah Geology

  Fossil of the Week

  The Amber Lady

  Pseudoscience : includes several sites about Amber

• Cloning

  NEW Should we be cloning around?

  A Clone in Sheep's Clothing: Scientific American article

  How to Clone a Sheep: Scientific American

  Information on cloning (nuclear transfer)

  Cloning in Medicine

• Genetic Engineering

  Pigs Grown With Human Genes

  Genetic Engineering

  Science News Online (4/4/98): Colorful gene marks mosquito manipulation by J. Travis

  DNA swap to halt malaria-carrying mosquitoes, ENN Daily News -- 4/9/98

  Search results for: mosquito DNA replication

  Dr Weil: Latest news

  Prof. Patricia Romans - ZOOLOGY - University of Toronto

  DNA technology to control malaria in Pacific Islan

  Information for Genetic Engineering Reports

  The Hazards of Genetically Engineered Food

• Chaos Theory

  (Ian Malcolm's Chaos Theory)

  In a World of Order CHAOS Reigns

  The History of Chaos Theory

  Chaos Introduction

• Fractals

  Jurassic Park Fractal

  

  Fractals an Introduction

• The Making of the movie: Jurassic Park - Lost World

  The Inside Story of Jurassic Park

  The Lost World (Click on the picture in the center.)

  Notes http://www.lost-world.com/Lost_World02/Jurassic_Park.Site/Production.html

  Behind the Scenes http://www.lost-world.com/Lost_World02/Jurassic_Park.Site/Behind.html

  Museums

  The Field Museum of Natural History

  ODYSSEY Science Center

  WebMuseum: The WebMuseum network

  Miami Museum of Science-Science Learning Network

  The Natural History Museum

  Field Trips and Museums

  Virtual Tourist Pre-Home Page

  The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums

  WebMuseum: Bienvenue! (Welcome from the curator)

  The Exploratorium

  The Franklin Institute

  Museum of Science Boston

  Oregan Museum of Science and History

  Science Museum of Minnesota

  CEPS/NASM SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

  National Zoological Park Home Page

   

Other Miscellaneous Sources for Science Information

Frank Potter's Science Gems

Science Learning Network

National Geographic On-line

Science and Mathematics Education Resources

Science Network in Boston: This site gives you starting points to explore science. It also allows you to search for a specific science topic.

The Maryland Virtual High School

Science Learning Network

Others that work some of the time

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