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Thanksgiving Point
Dinosaur Museum Tour
Laurie Hutchinson
Willowcreek Middle School
Alpine School District
Copyright 2005
Exhibit Case Introduces the
Entry way
Dinosaur Tracks were found
by Rick O’Hearon from
Utah in the Black Hawk
Seam in Carbon County
coal mines. He found the
tracks while working in
the coal mine.
Entry Display Case Questions
• How do they identify the
tracks?
• What can the tracks tell
you about the dinosaur?
• What is the type of
scientist that study
footprints? (Ichmologist)
South Exhibit Hall
Paleozoic Era
• Start Here
Devonian Period
Paleozoic Period
Jurassic Period
Formation of
the earth
Pre Cambrian /
Cambrian Periods
Quarry Area
/ Fossil Lab
First Room – Model Quarry
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Rock Types
Plate tectonics
Fossils
Lab for Research
Model Quarry
First Room – Model Quarry
3 Rock Types
• Igneous Rocks
• Metamorphic Rocks
• Sedimentary Rocks
First Room – Model Quarry
Questions
• What are the 3 rock
types?
• How are each of these
types formed?
• What is the “detrital
action”
• What is an example of
chemical action?
First Room – Model Quarry
Plate Tectonics
Pangea
Breaking
Apart
First Room – Model Quarry
Fossils
Museum Displays
Bones Fossilize
Animal Dies
Sediments
Cover it
Erosion Occurs
TODAY’S
FOSSIL FUELS
First Room – Model Quarry
Questions
Plate tectonics
• What is happening to Mt. Timpanogos each 10
years?
• What type of region was found at Mt.
Timpanogos years ago?
• What is happening to the Atlantic Ocean since
1492?
• What is the crust floating on?
• What causes Earthquakes and volcanoes?