************************************************************** Educational CyberPlayGround http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** K12 Newsletters Mailing List K12 Newsletters Mailing List Service <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Change Email Preferences - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/K12Newsletters.html> ************************************************************** National Children's Folksong Repository www.edu-cyberpg.com Integrate Literacy, Music, and Technology into the classroom. ************************************************************** From: "Roger Smith" <jollyroger@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <dinonews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: DINOSAURNEWS - Wino & Dino * Fossilized Florida * Bone Comes Home * Crater Controversy * Now You're in Their World Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 18:27:13 +1200 Welcome to this edition of DINOSAURNEWS. The FREE international Dinosaur webzine read in more than 80 countries each week. This Week's Headlines (For the FULL STORY visit the NEWS section of the webzine at this address: http://www.dinosaurnews.org ) ** Feature Archive Site: Hatching the Past: Dinosaur Eggs In the exhibit, 20 real dinosaur eggs and three nests with more than 40 eggs are displayed. Fossils from France, Argentina, China, and Mongolia are exhibited, most dating to the Cretaceous period (65 to 145 million years ago ** Other Fossil News: Fossilized Florida The legacy of Florida's prehistoric mammals and fish comes to life this week with ``The Hall of Florida Fossils: Evolution of Life and Land" ** Life Over Time The "Life Over Time" exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago is being renovated, and the revamped exhibit, which will include a mount of "Rapetosaurus krausei" among other things, should open in May 2006 ** Feature Site: Cretaceous Dinosaurs from the Bliss Ranch In the summer of 2003, Frank and Chris Bliss discovered a gravel bed from the Hell Creek Formation which is uppermost Cretaceous (65 million years old) _____________________________________________________________ FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO DINOSAURNEWS - Send an email to: subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ ** 'Wine and Dino' puts Malta on the map The season-opening event at the Judith River Dinosaur Field Station in Malta on Friday features the unveiling of three dinosaurs, including the very rare Giffen, Montana's first stegosaurus ** Partial remains of first Tyrannosaurus rex fetches $93,250 at auction A collection of fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex bones believed to be part of the first ever to be found of the animal fetched $93,250 at an auction Sunday, far less than what organizers had hoped ** Dinosaur among 'gems' at weekend exhibit 'The pair used Exacto knives to methodically scrape hardened sediment away from the skeleton, and the tail of the juvenile brachylophosaurus, nicknamed "Peanut," began to slowly emerge ** Dinosaur bone comes home Dinosaur remains thought to be lost to science forever are back in South Australia, three decades after being discovered at Andamooka ** Crater controversy Dr Luann Becker, from the University of California, believes this 200 kilometre wide dent in the earth's crust just off the Australian coast, could be the smoking gun for that Permian extinction ** Clarksville Museum Hopes Dinosaurs Draw Visitors The staff of a state museum along the Ohio River shoreline hopes that a dinosaur display will boost attendance after several years of decline ** Dinosphere: Now You're in Their World The roars are getting louder as the Children's Museum of Indianapolis' newest and permanent $25 million exhibit, Dinosphere: Now You're in Their World, prepares to open June 11 ** Visit the DINOSAURNEWS News Archive - stories from the past fortnight now filed online __________________________________________________________________________ DINOSAURNEWS webzine now read in 80 countries. Hundreds of Dinosaur Books, The latest Dinosaur News, Dinosaur Games, Dinolinks and a Dinomall. Read something ferocious this week: http://www.dinosaurnews.org SEND US YOUR NEWS: Does your Museum have a dinosaur focus? Put us on your media database. We welcome your news of events, discoveries and exhibitions news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com Net Happenings, K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp HOT LIST OF SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp Educational CyberPlayGround Services http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/PS/Home_Products.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>