The science behind Jurassic park. As taught in 1997

Winterstudy: The science behind Jurassic Park

Date Day Time Place Topic Jurassic ParkHeresies
Jan 6 Mon. 10:00 205 Geo Introduction
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Jan 8 Wed. 10:00-12:00 205 Geo Dinosaur/bird connection
 Page 1-74Ch. 14
Jan 10 Fri. 10:00-12:00 205 Geo DNA, Gait Page 75-168 Ch. 5,10
Jan13 Mon. 10:00-12:00 205 GeoDinosaurs at the tablepage 168-230 Ch. 6,8,9
Jan.15 Wed. 10:00-12:00 205Geo TBL Warmblooded/ Coldblooded Page.231-311Ch. 4,16, 17
Jan. 17 Fri.. 10:00-12:00 205Geo Nests, eggs, babies page 311-363Ch. 7,15
Jan. 21 Tue. 10:00-12:00 205Geo. Student presentations T. rex and predatory life Nodosaurus and defense, Triceratops, frills and stance 364-end Ch. 11,12
Jan. 22 Wed. 8:00-8:00 Natural History Museum Fieldtrip --
Jan. 24 Fri. 10:00-12:00 205Geo Student presentations, Pterosaurs and flight, Stegosaurus and heat-exchange, Deinonychus and warmbloodednessd Raptor Red p.1-83 Ch. 13, 18
Jan. 27 Mon. 10:00-12:00 205Geo Student presentations, Maiasaurus and mothering, Parasaurolophus and sexual display, Iguanodon and migration, Raptor Red p. 83-164 Ch. 19,20
Jan. 29 Wed. 10:00-12:00 205Geo Student presentations, Apatosaurus excessive size, Struthionomus and adaptions to speed, Dromeosaurus and extinction, - Ch. 21-22


Themes for lessons

  • Winterstudy: Science behind Jurassic Park
  • internet site worth to investigate: dinosauria

    • Themes for lessons

    6. Jan. Introduction.

  • What is an dinosaur
  • Classic and cladistic view
  • Time
  • Evolution of life
  • Dinosaur ancestry
  • Definition
  • Fossilization, time
  • Dinosaur hunting
  • History of dinosaur hunting

    • 8.Jan. Jurassic Park 1-65.

  • Dinosaur-bird connection
  • Dino-bird tracks
  • Lizards, classification, poison
  • Dinosaur size
  • Scavangers
  • Carnivore-herbivore propotions
  • Changing continents, sea-level, climate
  • Dinosaur nesting
  • Hyperspace
  • Paleontological hoaxs
  • Living fossils
  • Changing continents, sea-level, climate
  • Growth rate
  • Exavation tecnics

    • 10. Jan. Jurassic Park 66-144.

  • DNA
  • Ectotherm-endotherm
  • Horner, Egg Hill
  • Reptile eggs, skin
  • Jurassic athmosphere
  • Carnivore-herbivore propotions
  • Analyse dinosaur list;herbivore/carnivore relations
  • Dung, scavinging
  • packhunting

    13. Jan. Jurassic Park 145-226.

  • eating habits
  • grazing posture of hadrosaurs and sauropods
  • function of stegosaurs plates
  • gizzard stones
  • eggstealing
  • different kinds of vision
  • soundmaking
  • brainsize, olfactory and sensory organs

    15. Jan. Jurassic Park 227-315.

  • endotherm/ectotherm
  • Duckbills, skin, mode of life
  • Jaw strenght in T. rex
  • Triceratops and defense
  • Pterodactyls
  • neurval system of dinos
  • how dinos die

    • 17 Jan. Jurassic Park 315-end.

  • nesting habits
  • Speciation/platetectonics
  • intelligense
  • beginning of life, O2 poisoning
  • gender transition in amphibians
  • alligator nesting behavior
  • migration

    • 21. Jan. Raptor Red 1-83.

  • Defense attack
  • migration, configuration Cretaceous world
  • opening of landbridge
  • the inland sea
  • bird behavior
  • colorvision
  • mating behavior
  • Iguanodons thumb
  • ectotherm crock and turtle
  • Turtle skeleton
  • sedimentary record, thousand years flood
  • Gastonia and defense

    • 24. Jan. Raptor Red 83-165.

  • Pterydactyl morphology in detail
  • Evolution of flowers
  • differenses between sexes
  • airsacs in acro and bird bones
  • morphology of ostrich dino
  • mammal teeth and facemuscles
  • extinctions
  • kronosaurs

    • 27. Jan. Jurassic Park 1-65.

  • Nautiloids, eyes and mode of movements
  • shark and tuna tails
  • tissue in feet of birds
  • nose with echochambers
  • formula for calculating speed
  • lungeffiency with airsacks
  • swiwelwrist in Allosaurus
  • evolution of carnosaurs
  • Paleontological hoaxs