Showing posts with label dinosaurs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dinosaurs. Show all posts

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Rediscovering the Dinosaurs

The link below is to an article that originally aired as a news story on ABC World News Tonight: "Rediscovering the Dinosaurs". And it reminded me of a "Bizarro" comic strip that can be seen at
http://gh.gresham.k12.or.us/~currier/Bizarro%20re%20dinosaurs.jpg.

Questions & issues to consider:

In light of this report, what will be your reaction to the next dinosaur exhibit you view? Explain.

Consider the short reading you read and summarized earlier this semeser titled, "Evaluating Scientific Claims." What are some questions that you would want to pose to the scientists and museum exhibit creators about the new exhibits? Why would those questions be important to you?

What is your reaction to the argument presented for a shorter tail for tyrannosaurus rex? Do you find it convincing or credible? Why or why not?

What is your reaction to the following quote from the article? "These bones begin to dictate to you the way that they want to be put back together again," says Fraley, "the way they want to be lifted up or held."