a. Color, size, life span, sight, daily life, defense
mechanisms, bone structure
b. Can dinosaurs really run as fast as they did in the
movie?
c. How did dinosaurs find food? What foods did they eat?
d. Reproduction of
e. How did dinosaurs communicate?
f. Name some predator-prey relationships
g. Name some instincts of dinosaurs.
h. What animals are related to dinosaurs?
II. Fossils
a. What are the different dating processes?
b. How are fossils preserved?
c. Include how sap of a tree and amber preserve fossils?
III. Cell
a. What is a cell?
What are its structure and function?
What is the difference between an animal and plant
cell?
b. DNA How does DNA work
c. Cloning
d. Genetic engineering
IV. Dinosaurs died because......
(theories of extinction )
V. What is chaos theory?
VI. history of the earth
a. How old is it?
b. What animals that existed in ancient times still exist?
c. What is the meaning of Jurassic?
d. What was the environment, habitat and atmosphere during the age
of dinosaurs?
e. Where are dinosaurs located?
f. What is Pangea?
g. Name some prehistoric plants and animals
h. Geologic Timeline - when did different fossils including
dinosaurs appear?
VII. Making of the movie (Making
of Jurassic Park, The Real Jurassic Park)
a. Why did they pick Costa Rica for the park?
b. Name special effects used in the movie.
c. How did they build such a park to be so realistic?
d. In Jurassic Park, what is true science and what is science
fiction?
e. Robotics - machinery to work dinosaurs?
f. Computer graphics
g. Why did they use blood from a mosquito? How did they get it out
of the mosquito?
h. Why did they use frogs to fill in the DNA gaps?
VIII. Man vs nature: Can man
harness or change nature? Describe a real life example and give
your opinion of it.
IX. Ethics of science : Write
your answers to following questions. Support your ideas with
examples.
1. Are we sure we want to do this?
Describe the example of the condor. What were the political
implications?
2. Are there hazards in genetic engineering? (If so, what
are they?)
3. “The scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not
they COULD do it, they never stopped to think if they SHOULD do
it!” Should we marvel with the past rather than tamper with
the future?